NGC 4297
NGC 4297
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
183 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
34k ly
across
12.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 183 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4297 as it looked roughly 183 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 4296Lenticular3.1 million ly
apartNGC 4247Spiral3.4 million ly
apartNGC 4246Spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 4334Spiral17 million ly
apartIC 768Spiral20 million ly
apartIC 3134Lenticular24 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 4247Spiral3.4 million ly
apartNGC 4246Spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 4334Spiral17 million ly
apartIC 768Spiral20 million ly
apartIC 3134Lenticular24 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).