NGC 4211
NGC 4211
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
307 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
92k ly
across
14.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 307 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4211 as it looked roughly 307 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 4211ALenticular3.5 million ly
apartNGC 4146Spiral12 million ly
apartIC 780Elliptical16 million ly
apartIC 3362Barred spiral16 million ly
apartIC 3300Spiral17 million ly
apartIC 3143Spiral19 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 4146Spiral12 million ly
apartIC 780Elliptical16 million ly
apartIC 3362Barred spiral16 million ly
apartIC 3300Spiral17 million ly
apartIC 3143Spiral19 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).