NGC 4357
NGC 4357
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sbc
192 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
194k ly
across
12.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 192 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4357 as it looked roughly 192 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 4617Spiral27 million ly
apartNGC 4284Barred spiral32 million ly
apartNGC 4646Elliptical33 million ly
apartNGC 4047Barred spiral34 million ly
apartIC 3795Elliptical35 million ly
apartNGC 4511Barred spiral36 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 4284Barred spiral32 million ly
apartNGC 4646Elliptical33 million ly
apartNGC 4047Barred spiral34 million ly
apartIC 3795Elliptical35 million ly
apartNGC 4511Barred spiral36 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).