NGC 4270
NGC 4270
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
109 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
60k ly
across
12.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 109 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4270 as it looked roughly 109 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 4273Spiral310,000 ly
apartIC 3225Spiral3.5 million ly
apartNGC 4300Spiral3.7 million ly
apartIC 782Lenticular4.1 million ly
apartNGC 4292Lenticular4.2 million ly
apartIC 3155Lenticular4.8 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 3225Spiral3.5 million ly
apartNGC 4300Spiral3.7 million ly
apartIC 782Lenticular4.1 million ly
apartNGC 4292Lenticular4.2 million ly
apartIC 3155Lenticular4.8 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).