NGC 4146
NGC 4146
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sab
304 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
114k ly
across
13.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 304 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4146 as it looked roughly 304 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 4211Lenticular12 million ly
apartNGC 4211ALenticular13 million ly
apartIC 780Elliptical16 million ly
apartIC 772Lenticular16 million ly
apartNGC 3988Elliptical17 million ly
apartIC 3075Spiral17 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 4211ALenticular13 million ly
apartIC 780Elliptical16 million ly
apartIC 772Lenticular16 million ly
apartNGC 3988Elliptical17 million ly
apartIC 3075Spiral17 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).