NGC 4165
NGC 4165
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · SABa
87 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
31k ly
across
13.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 87 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4165 as it looked roughly 87 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
IC 767Elliptical2.1 million ly
apartIC 3018Spiral4.5 million ly
apartNGC 4305Spiral4.8 million ly
apartNGC 4323Lenticular5.7 million ly
apartNGC 4425Lenticular5.9 million ly
apartIC 3041Spiral5.9 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 3018Spiral4.5 million ly
apartNGC 4305Spiral4.8 million ly
apartNGC 4323Lenticular5.7 million ly
apartNGC 4425Lenticular5.9 million ly
apartIC 3041Spiral5.9 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).