NGC 4200
NGC 4200
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
109 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
45k ly
across
13.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 109 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4200 as it looked roughly 109 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
IC 3061Barred spiral3.5 million ly
apartIC 3063Spiral3.6 million ly
apartNGC 4168Elliptical3.7 million ly
apartNGC 4351Barred spiral4.7 million ly
apartIC 3305Elliptical5.6 million ly
apartComa PinwheelSpiral5.7 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 3063Spiral3.6 million ly
apartNGC 4168Elliptical3.7 million ly
apartNGC 4351Barred spiral4.7 million ly
apartIC 3305Elliptical5.6 million ly
apartComa PinwheelSpiral5.7 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).