NGC 4113
NGC 4113
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBa
371 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
87k ly
across
14.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 371 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4113 as it looked roughly 371 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 3003Lenticular6.0 million ly
apartIC 3002Spiral11 million ly
apartIC 3001Barred spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 4031Barred spiral12 million ly
apartIC 2971Elliptical34 million ly
apartNGC 4272Elliptical34 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 3002Spiral11 million ly
apartIC 3001Barred spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 4031Barred spiral12 million ly
apartIC 2971Elliptical34 million ly
apartNGC 4272Elliptical34 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).