NGC 4249
NGC 4249
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E-S0
122 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
30k ly
across
14.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 122 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4249 as it looked roughly 122 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 4281Lenticular3.7 million ly
apartNGC 4224Spiral4.1 million ly
apartNGC 4191Lenticular4.3 million ly
apartNGC 4264Lenticular4.3 million ly
apartNGC 4289Barred spiral4.3 million ly
apartNGC 4378Spiral4.7 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 4224Spiral4.1 million ly
apartNGC 4191Lenticular4.3 million ly
apartNGC 4264Lenticular4.3 million ly
apartNGC 4289Barred spiral4.3 million ly
apartNGC 4378Spiral4.7 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).