NGC 4355
NGC 4355
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · SABa
99 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
41k ly
across
13.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 99 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4355 as it looked roughly 99 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 4385Lenticular2.9 million ly
apartNGC 4348Barred spiral6.9 million ly
apartNGC 4234Spiral9.3 million ly
apartNGC 4454Lenticular11 million ly
apartNGC 4287Barred spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 4412Barred spiral12 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 4348Barred spiral6.9 million ly
apartNGC 4234Spiral9.3 million ly
apartNGC 4454Lenticular11 million ly
apartNGC 4287Barred spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 4412Barred spiral12 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).