NGC 4210
NGC 4210
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sb
126 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
71k ly
across
13.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 126 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4210 as it looked roughly 126 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 4332Barred spiral3.1 million ly
apartNGC 4441Lenticular4.4 million ly
apartNGC 4510Elliptical5.6 million ly
apartNGC 4238Spiral6.4 million ly
apartNGC 4108BSpiral6.9 million ly
apartNGC 4545Spiral7.8 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 4441Lenticular4.4 million ly
apartNGC 4510Elliptical5.6 million ly
apartNGC 4238Spiral6.4 million ly
apartNGC 4108BSpiral6.9 million ly
apartNGC 4545Spiral7.8 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).