NGC 4135
NGC 4135
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · SABb
524 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
116k ly
across
14.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 524 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4135 as it looked roughly 524 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 4137Spiral4.5 million ly
apartIC 3110Barred spiral62 million ly
apartIC 3729Barred spiral75 million ly
apartNGC 4537Lenticular82 million ly
apartIC 3405Barred spiral83 million ly
apartIC 751Barred spiral87 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 3110Barred spiral62 million ly
apartIC 3729Barred spiral75 million ly
apartNGC 4537Lenticular82 million ly
apartIC 3405Barred spiral83 million ly
apartIC 751Barred spiral87 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).