NGC 4360B
NGC 4360B
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · S?
316 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
46k ly
across
14.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 316 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4360B as it looked roughly 316 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 4360Elliptical6.1 million ly
apartIC 3255Barred spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 4518Lenticular18 million ly
apartNGC 4333Barred spiral21 million ly
apartIC 3271Spiral23 million ly
apartNGC 4326Spiral24 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 3255Barred spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 4518Lenticular18 million ly
apartNGC 4333Barred spiral21 million ly
apartIC 3271Spiral23 million ly
apartNGC 4326Spiral24 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).