NGC 4271
NGC 4271
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E-S0
221 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
114k ly
across
13.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 221 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4271 as it looked roughly 221 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 4161Barred spiral8.5 million ly
apartNGC 4511Barred spiral9.2 million ly
apartNGC 4362Lenticular13 million ly
apartNGC 4358Lenticular14 million ly
apartNGC 4646Elliptical16 million ly
apartNGC 4669Barred spiral16 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 4511Barred spiral9.2 million ly
apartNGC 4362Lenticular13 million ly
apartNGC 4358Lenticular14 million ly
apartNGC 4646Elliptical16 million ly
apartNGC 4669Barred spiral16 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).