NGC 4321
M100 · NGC 4321
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · SABb
73 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
130k ly
across
9.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 73 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4321 as it looked roughly 73 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 4421Lenticular1.7 million ly
apartIC 796Lenticular2.5 million ly
apartIC 3462Elliptical2.9 million ly
apartNGC 4502Spiral3.5 million ly
apartNGC 4474Lenticular4.1 million ly
apartNGC 4306Lenticular4.6 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 796Lenticular2.5 million ly
apartIC 3462Elliptical2.9 million ly
apartNGC 4502Spiral3.5 million ly
apartNGC 4474Lenticular4.1 million ly
apartNGC 4306Lenticular4.6 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).