NGC 4348
NGC 4348
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sbc
94 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
73k ly
across
12.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 94 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4348 as it looked roughly 94 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 4355Spiral6.9 million ly
apartNGC 4385Lenticular9.5 million ly
apartNGC 4240Elliptical11 million ly
apartNGC 4599Lenticular12 million ly
apartNGC 4581Elliptical12 million ly
apartNGC 4234Spiral12 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 4385Lenticular9.5 million ly
apartNGC 4240Elliptical11 million ly
apartNGC 4599Lenticular12 million ly
apartNGC 4581Elliptical12 million ly
apartNGC 4234Spiral12 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).