NGC 4195
NGC 4195
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sc
203 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
89k ly
across
15.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 203 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4195 as it looked roughly 203 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 4358Lenticular8.3 million ly
apartNGC 4362Lenticular9.4 million ly
apartNGC 4284Barred spiral9.9 million ly
apartNGC 4511Barred spiral18 million ly
apartNGC 4271Elliptical21 million ly
apartNGC 4646Elliptical25 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 4362Lenticular9.4 million ly
apartNGC 4284Barred spiral9.9 million ly
apartNGC 4511Barred spiral18 million ly
apartNGC 4271Elliptical21 million ly
apartNGC 4646Elliptical25 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).