NGC 4240
NGC 4240
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
90 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
39k ly
across
14.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 90 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4240 as it looked roughly 90 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 4348Barred spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 3962Elliptical12 million ly
apartNGC 3892Lenticular13 million ly
apartNGC 4050Spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 3915Lenticular17 million ly
apartNGC 4355Spiral18 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3962Elliptical12 million ly
apartNGC 3892Lenticular13 million ly
apartNGC 4050Spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 3915Lenticular17 million ly
apartNGC 4355Spiral18 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).