NGC 4196
NGC 4196
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
184 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
61k ly
across
13.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 184 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4196 as it looked roughly 184 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 4185Barred spiral3.2 million ly
apartNGC 4174Lenticular4.3 million ly
apartNGC 4132Spiral5.2 million ly
apartNGC 4131Lenticular6.3 million ly
apartNGC 4175Barred spiral7.8 million ly
apartNGC 4169Lenticular8.2 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 4174Lenticular4.3 million ly
apartNGC 4132Spiral5.2 million ly
apartNGC 4131Lenticular6.3 million ly
apartNGC 4175Barred spiral7.8 million ly
apartNGC 4169Lenticular8.2 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).