NGC 4289
NGC 4289
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBc
122 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
151k ly
across
14.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 122 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4289 as it looked roughly 122 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 4378Spiral4.3 million ly
apartNGC 4249Elliptical4.3 million ly
apartNGC 4281Lenticular4.7 million ly
apartNGC 4257Spiral6.3 million ly
apartNGC 4264Lenticular6.4 million ly
apartNGC 4259Lenticular7.5 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 4249Elliptical4.3 million ly
apartNGC 4281Lenticular4.7 million ly
apartNGC 4257Spiral6.3 million ly
apartNGC 4264Lenticular6.4 million ly
apartNGC 4259Lenticular7.5 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).