NGC 4137
NGC 4137
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sc
520 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
119k ly
across
14.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 520 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4137 as it looked roughly 520 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 4135Spiral4.5 million ly
apartIC 3110Barred spiral63 million ly
apartIC 3729Barred spiral74 million ly
apartIC 751Barred spiral82 million ly
apartNGC 4537Lenticular83 million ly
apartIC 3405Barred spiral86 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 3110Barred spiral63 million ly
apartIC 3729Barred spiral74 million ly
apartIC 751Barred spiral82 million ly
apartNGC 4537Lenticular83 million ly
apartIC 3405Barred spiral86 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).