NGC 4281
NGC 4281
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
125 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
104k ly
across
11.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 125 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4281 as it looked roughly 125 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 4257Spiral1.7 million ly
apartNGC 4249Elliptical3.7 million ly
apartNGC 4289Barred spiral4.7 million ly
apartNGC 4276Spiral5.2 million ly
apartNGC 4191Lenticular5.7 million ly
apartNGC 4224Spiral6.4 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 4249Elliptical3.7 million ly
apartNGC 4289Barred spiral4.7 million ly
apartNGC 4276Spiral5.2 million ly
apartNGC 4191Lenticular5.7 million ly
apartNGC 4224Spiral6.4 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).