NGC 4155
NGC 4155
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
348 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
125k ly
across
14.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 348 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4155 as it looked roughly 348 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 4056Elliptical13 million ly
apartNGC 4090Spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 4066Elliptical13 million ly
apartNGC 4098 NED01Spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 4055Elliptical13 million ly
apartNGC 4110Barred spiral14 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 4090Spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 4066Elliptical13 million ly
apartNGC 4098 NED01Spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 4055Elliptical13 million ly
apartNGC 4110Barred spiral14 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).