NGC 4175
NGC 4175
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBb
192 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
90k ly
across
13.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 192 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4175 as it looked roughly 192 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 4174Lenticular3.9 million ly
apartNGC 4132Spiral5.8 million ly
apartNGC 4196Lenticular7.8 million ly
apartNGC 4185Barred spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 4131Lenticular12 million ly
apartNGC 4253Barred spiral15 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 4132Spiral5.8 million ly
apartNGC 4196Lenticular7.8 million ly
apartNGC 4185Barred spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 4131Lenticular12 million ly
apartNGC 4253Barred spiral15 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).