NGC 4256
NGC 4256
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sb
118 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
133k ly
across
12.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 118 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4256 as it looked roughly 118 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 4108Spiral3.7 million ly
apartNGC 4108BSpiral4.2 million ly
apartNGC 4512Lenticular5.1 million ly
apartNGC 4441Lenticular6.6 million ly
apartNGC 4545Spiral7.7 million ly
apartNGC 4210Barred spiral8.2 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 4108BSpiral4.2 million ly
apartNGC 4512Lenticular5.1 million ly
apartNGC 4441Lenticular6.6 million ly
apartNGC 4545Spiral7.7 million ly
apartNGC 4210Barred spiral8.2 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).