NGC 4250
NGC 4250
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
100 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
54k ly
across
12.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 100 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4250 as it looked roughly 100 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 4120Spiral5.2 million ly
apartNGC 4572Spiral6.8 million ly
apartNGC 4108ABarred spiral8.9 million ly
apartNGC 4128Lenticular9.8 million ly
apartNGC 4121Elliptical10 million ly
apartNGC 4513Lenticular11 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 4572Spiral6.8 million ly
apartNGC 4108ABarred spiral8.9 million ly
apartNGC 4128Lenticular9.8 million ly
apartNGC 4121Elliptical10 million ly
apartNGC 4513Lenticular11 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).