NGC 4360
NGC 4360
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
322 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
131k ly
across
13.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 322 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4360 as it looked roughly 322 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 4360BSpiral6.1 million ly
apartIC 3271Spiral17 million ly
apartNGC 4333Barred spiral19 million ly
apartIC 3255Barred spiral20 million ly
apartNGC 4326Spiral21 million ly
apartIC 3425Lenticular22 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 3271Spiral17 million ly
apartNGC 4333Barred spiral19 million ly
apartIC 3255Barred spiral20 million ly
apartNGC 4326Spiral21 million ly
apartIC 3425Lenticular22 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).