NGC 4246
NGC 4246
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sc
173 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
108k ly
across
12.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 173 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4246 as it looked roughly 173 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 4247Spiral9.6 million ly
apartNGC 4297Lenticular11 million ly
apartNGC 4296Lenticular13 million ly
apartIC 768Spiral22 million ly
apartNGC 4334Spiral27 million ly
apartNGC 4012Spiral28 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 4297Lenticular11 million ly
apartNGC 4296Lenticular13 million ly
apartIC 768Spiral22 million ly
apartNGC 4334Spiral27 million ly
apartNGC 4012Spiral28 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).