NGC 4284
NGC 4284
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sbc
195 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
108k ly
across
14.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 195 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4284 as it looked roughly 195 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 4195Spiral9.9 million ly
apartNGC 4358Lenticular14 million ly
apartNGC 4362Lenticular15 million ly
apartNGC 4511Barred spiral21 million ly
apartNGC 4646Elliptical25 million ly
apartIC 694Elliptical25 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 4358Lenticular14 million ly
apartNGC 4362Lenticular15 million ly
apartNGC 4511Barred spiral21 million ly
apartNGC 4646Elliptical25 million ly
apartIC 694Elliptical25 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).