NGC 4127
NGC 4127
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sc
86 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
38k ly
across
13.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 86 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4127 as it looked roughly 86 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 4291Elliptical3.8 million ly
apartNGC 4159Spiral4.6 million ly
apartNGC 3752Spiral5.8 million ly
apartNGC 4386Lenticular6.5 million ly
apartNGC 4589Elliptical6.9 million ly
apartNGC 3329Barred spiral7.2 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 4159Spiral4.6 million ly
apartNGC 3752Spiral5.8 million ly
apartNGC 4386Lenticular6.5 million ly
apartNGC 4589Elliptical6.9 million ly
apartNGC 3329Barred spiral7.2 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).