NGC 4259
NGC 4259
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
115 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
35k ly
across
13.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 115 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4259 as it looked roughly 115 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 4264Lenticular2.2 million ly
apartIC 782Lenticular2.4 million ly
apartIC 3225Spiral4.8 million ly
apartNGC 4378Spiral5.0 million ly
apartIC 3148Barred spiral5.1 million ly
apartNGC 4270Lenticular5.9 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 782Lenticular2.4 million ly
apartIC 3225Spiral4.8 million ly
apartNGC 4378Spiral5.0 million ly
apartIC 3148Barred spiral5.1 million ly
apartNGC 4270Lenticular5.9 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).