NGC 4215
NGC 4215
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
97 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
47k ly
across
12.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 97 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4215 as it looked roughly 97 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 4197Spiral1.2 million ly
apartNGC 4269Lenticular1.8 million ly
apartNGC 4268Lenticular3.9 million ly
apartNGC 4287Barred spiral4.2 million ly
apartNGC 4234Spiral4.6 million ly
apartNGC 4261Elliptical5.9 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 4269Lenticular1.8 million ly
apartNGC 4268Lenticular3.9 million ly
apartNGC 4287Barred spiral4.2 million ly
apartNGC 4234Spiral4.6 million ly
apartNGC 4261Elliptical5.9 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).