NGC 4161
NGC 4161
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sbc
227 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
70k ly
across
13.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 227 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4161 as it looked roughly 227 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 4271Elliptical8.5 million ly
apartNGC 4511Barred spiral17 million ly
apartNGC 4362Lenticular18 million ly
apartNGC 4358Lenticular20 million ly
apartNGC 4644Barred spiral20 million ly
apartNGC 4669Barred spiral21 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 4511Barred spiral17 million ly
apartNGC 4362Lenticular18 million ly
apartNGC 4358Lenticular20 million ly
apartNGC 4644Barred spiral20 million ly
apartNGC 4669Barred spiral21 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).