NGC 4305
NGC 4305
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sa
90 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
60k ly
across
12.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 90 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4305 as it looked roughly 90 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 4425Lenticular2.4 million ly
apartIC 794Elliptical2.6 million ly
apartNGC 4461Lenticular2.8 million ly
apartNGC 4476Elliptical3.6 million ly
apartIC 767Elliptical4.7 million ly
apartNGC 4165Spiral4.8 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 794Elliptical2.6 million ly
apartNGC 4461Lenticular2.8 million ly
apartNGC 4476Elliptical3.6 million ly
apartIC 767Elliptical4.7 million ly
apartNGC 4165Spiral4.8 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).