NGC 4201
NGC 4201
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
250 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
73k ly
across
14.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 250 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4201 as it looked roughly 250 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 4225Lenticular8.7 million ly
apartIC 761Barred spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 4176Barred spiral17 million ly
apartNGC 4484Spiral20 million ly
apartNGC 3974Lenticular21 million ly
apartNGC 4403Barred spiral22 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 761Barred spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 4176Barred spiral17 million ly
apartNGC 4484Spiral20 million ly
apartNGC 3974Lenticular21 million ly
apartNGC 4403Barred spiral22 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).