NGC 4295
NGC 4295
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
395 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
59k ly
across
14.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 395 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4295 as it looked roughly 395 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
IC 3165Barred spiral6.4 million ly
apartIC 3210Lenticular15 million ly
apartNGC 4272Elliptical15 million ly
apartNGC 4104Lenticular23 million ly
apartIC 3402Barred spiral25 million ly
apartNGC 4375Barred spiral27 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 3210Lenticular15 million ly
apartNGC 4272Elliptical15 million ly
apartNGC 4104Lenticular23 million ly
apartIC 3402Barred spiral25 million ly
apartNGC 4375Barred spiral27 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).