NGC 4176
NGC 4176
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sb
262 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
53k ly
across
15.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 262 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4176 as it looked roughly 262 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 4201Lenticular17 million ly
apartNGC 4404Elliptical18 million ly
apartIC 761Barred spiral18 million ly
apartIC 747Elliptical18 million ly
apartNGC 3967Elliptical21 million ly
apartNGC 3959Spiral22 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 4404Elliptical18 million ly
apartIC 761Barred spiral18 million ly
apartIC 747Elliptical18 million ly
apartNGC 3967Elliptical21 million ly
apartNGC 3959Spiral22 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).