NGC 4285
NGC 4285
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sa
355 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
96k ly
across
15.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 355 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4285 as it looked roughly 355 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 4520Elliptical34 million ly
apartNGC 4422Elliptical37 million ly
apartNGC 4726Galaxy48 million ly
apartNGC 4727Barred spiral49 million ly
apartIC 733Galaxy69 million ly
apartIC 721Barred spiral71 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 4422Elliptical37 million ly
apartNGC 4726Galaxy48 million ly
apartNGC 4727Barred spiral49 million ly
apartIC 733Galaxy69 million ly
apartIC 721Barred spiral71 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).