NGC 4114
NGC 4114
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · SABa
190 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
119k ly
across
14.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 190 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4114 as it looked roughly 190 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 4177Spiral4.7 million ly
apartNGC 4188Barred spiral12 million ly
apartIC 766Lenticular12 million ly
apartNGC 4263Spiral13 million ly
apartIC 743Barred spiral17 million ly
apartNGC 4279Lenticular20 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 4188Barred spiral12 million ly
apartIC 766Lenticular12 million ly
apartNGC 4263Spiral13 million ly
apartIC 743Barred spiral17 million ly
apartNGC 4279Lenticular20 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).