NGC 4112
NGC 4112
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sb
126 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
63k ly
across
12.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 126 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4112 as it looked roughly 126 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
IC 3370Elliptical14 million ly
apartIC 3253Spiral14 million ly
apartIC 2977Irregular15 million ly
apartNGC 3749Spiral15 million ly
apartNGC 4603DSpiral15 million ly
apartNGC 4603Spiral15 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 3253Spiral14 million ly
apartIC 2977Irregular15 million ly
apartNGC 3749Spiral15 million ly
apartNGC 4603DSpiral15 million ly
apartNGC 4603Spiral15 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).