NGC 4301
NGC 4301
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sc
60 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
20k ly
across
13.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 60 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4301 as it looked roughly 60 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 4339Elliptical1.6 million ly
apartIC 3267Spiral2.6 million ly
apartNGC 4366Elliptical3.0 million ly
apartNGC 4123Spiral4.1 million ly
apartNGC 4464Elliptical4.2 million ly
apartNGC 4411Spiral4.6 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 3267Spiral2.6 million ly
apartNGC 4366Elliptical3.0 million ly
apartNGC 4123Spiral4.1 million ly
apartNGC 4464Elliptical4.2 million ly
apartNGC 4411Spiral4.6 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).