NGC 4131
NGC 4131
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
180 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
71k ly
across
13.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 180 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4131 as it looked roughly 180 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 4185Barred spiral4.1 million ly
apartNGC 4169Lenticular4.4 million ly
apartNGC 4132Spiral6.1 million ly
apartNGC 4196Lenticular6.3 million ly
apartNGC 4253Barred spiral7.3 million ly
apartNGC 4174Lenticular7.8 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 4169Lenticular4.4 million ly
apartNGC 4132Spiral6.1 million ly
apartNGC 4196Lenticular6.3 million ly
apartNGC 4253Barred spiral7.3 million ly
apartNGC 4174Lenticular7.8 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).