NGC 4320
NGC 4320
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sbc
362 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
99k ly
across
14.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 362 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4320 as it looked roughly 362 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 3284Barred spiral5.0 million ly
apartNGC 4325Elliptical5.6 million ly
apartIC 3347Spiral7.2 million ly
apartIC 3199Barred spiral8.3 million ly
apartIC 3159Barred spiral11 million ly
apartIC 3127Spiral11 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 4325Elliptical5.6 million ly
apartIC 3347Spiral7.2 million ly
apartIC 3199Barred spiral8.3 million ly
apartIC 3159Barred spiral11 million ly
apartIC 3127Spiral11 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).