NGC 4272
NGC 4272
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
393 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
117k ly
across
14.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 393 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4272 as it looked roughly 393 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 4295Lenticular15 million ly
apartIC 3165Barred spiral17 million ly
apartIC 3210Lenticular18 million ly
apartNGC 4104Lenticular26 million ly
apartNGC 4514Barred spiral26 million ly
apartIC 3402Barred spiral26 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 3165Barred spiral17 million ly
apartIC 3210Lenticular18 million ly
apartNGC 4104Lenticular26 million ly
apartNGC 4514Barred spiral26 million ly
apartIC 3402Barred spiral26 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).