NGC 4234
NGC 4234
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sm
96 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
32k ly
across
12.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 96 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4234 as it looked roughly 96 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 4197Spiral3.7 million ly
apartNGC 4268Lenticular3.8 million ly
apartNGC 4269Lenticular4.2 million ly
apartNGC 4215Lenticular4.6 million ly
apartNGC 4255Lenticular5.3 million ly
apartNGC 4287Barred spiral5.4 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 4268Lenticular3.8 million ly
apartNGC 4269Lenticular4.2 million ly
apartNGC 4215Lenticular4.6 million ly
apartNGC 4255Lenticular5.3 million ly
apartNGC 4287Barred spiral5.4 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).