NGC 4199A
NGC 4199A
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E?
839 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
249k ly
across
15.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 839 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4199A as it looked roughly 839 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 3671Elliptical89 million ly
apartNGC 3889Elliptical110 million ly
apartNGC 4801Elliptical150 million ly
apartIC 922Elliptical210 million ly
apartNGC 4549Spiral210 million ly
apartIC 923Elliptical220 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3889Elliptical110 million ly
apartNGC 4801Elliptical150 million ly
apartIC 922Elliptical210 million ly
apartNGC 4549Spiral210 million ly
apartIC 923Elliptical220 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).