NGC 4159
NGC 4159
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Scd
82 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
32k ly
across
14.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 82 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4159 as it looked roughly 82 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 4291Elliptical2.0 million ly
apartNGC 4386Lenticular2.1 million ly
apartNGC 3901Spiral3.8 million ly
apartNGC 4127Spiral4.6 million ly
apartNGC 4749Barred spiral7.5 million ly
apartNGC 4750Spiral8.3 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 4386Lenticular2.1 million ly
apartNGC 3901Spiral3.8 million ly
apartNGC 4127Spiral4.6 million ly
apartNGC 4749Barred spiral7.5 million ly
apartNGC 4750Spiral8.3 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).