NGC 4191
NGC 4191
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
123 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
54k ly
across
13.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 123 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4191 as it looked roughly 123 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 4224Spiral2.5 million ly
apartNGC 4276Spiral3.6 million ly
apartNGC 4249Elliptical4.3 million ly
apartNGC 4257Spiral5.5 million ly
apartNGC 4281Lenticular5.7 million ly
apartNGC 4264Lenticular6.9 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 4276Spiral3.6 million ly
apartNGC 4249Elliptical4.3 million ly
apartNGC 4257Spiral5.5 million ly
apartNGC 4281Lenticular5.7 million ly
apartNGC 4264Lenticular6.9 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).