NGC 4351
NGC 4351
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBb
107 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
49k ly
across
12.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 107 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4351 as it looked roughly 107 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 4473Elliptical4.0 million ly
apartIC 3305Elliptical4.5 million ly
apartNGC 4200Lenticular4.7 million ly
apartNGC 4501Barred spiral5.6 million ly
apartIC 3061Barred spiral5.7 million ly
apartNGC 4168Elliptical5.7 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 3305Elliptical4.5 million ly
apartNGC 4200Lenticular4.7 million ly
apartNGC 4501Barred spiral5.6 million ly
apartIC 3061Barred spiral5.7 million ly
apartNGC 4168Elliptical5.7 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).