NGC 4362
NGC 4362
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
210 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
78k ly
across
15.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 210 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4362 as it looked roughly 210 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 4358Lenticular1.4 million ly
apartNGC 4511Barred spiral9.2 million ly
apartNGC 4195Spiral9.4 million ly
apartNGC 4271Elliptical13 million ly
apartNGC 4284Barred spiral15 million ly
apartNGC 4646Elliptical17 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 4511Barred spiral9.2 million ly
apartNGC 4195Spiral9.4 million ly
apartNGC 4271Elliptical13 million ly
apartNGC 4284Barred spiral15 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).