NGC 4358
NGC 4358
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
209 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
70k ly
across
14.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 209 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4358 as it looked roughly 209 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 4362Lenticular1.4 million ly
apartNGC 4195Spiral8.3 million ly
apartNGC 4511Barred spiral10 million ly
apartNGC 4284Barred spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 4271Elliptical14 million ly
apartNGC 4646Elliptical17 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 4195Spiral8.3 million ly
apartNGC 4511Barred spiral10 million ly
apartNGC 4284Barred spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 4271Elliptical14 million ly
apartNGC 4646Elliptical17 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).