NGC 4166
NGC 4166
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
325 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
99k ly
across
14.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 325 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4166 as it looked roughly 325 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 4126Lenticular13 million ly
apartNGC 4110Barred spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 4040Elliptical14 million ly
apartNGC 4086Lenticular18 million ly
apartNGC 4060Elliptical19 million ly
apartNGC 4074Lenticular20 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 4110Barred spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 4040Elliptical14 million ly
apartNGC 4086Lenticular18 million ly
apartNGC 4060Elliptical19 million ly
apartNGC 4074Lenticular20 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).