NGC 4109
NGC 4109
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sa
327 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
67k ly
across
15.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 327 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4109 as it looked roughly 327 million years ago. The photons left before that much of history had passed, and are only now reaching us. This distance is estimated from the galaxy's redshift, so the lookback time is approximate.
Nearest galaxies
NGC 4156Barred spiral23 million ly
apartNGC 4288ALenticular23 million ly
apartIC 2987Barred spiral26 million ly
apartNGC 4226Barred spiral27 million ly
apartNGC 4392Lenticular28 million ly
apartNGC 4232Barred spiral30 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 4288ALenticular23 million ly
apartIC 2987Barred spiral26 million ly
apartNGC 4226Barred spiral27 million ly
apartNGC 4392Lenticular28 million ly
apartNGC 4232Barred spiral30 million ly
apart
Source: structural data (position, morphology, brightness, redshift) from OpenNGC (CC BY-SA). Distance computed by gravityfinder from redshift via Hubble's law (H0 = 70 km/s/Mpc).