NGC 4375
NGC 4375
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBab
421 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
142k ly
across
13.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 421 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4375 as it looked roughly 421 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 4295Lenticular27 million ly
apartIC 3533Spiral27 million ly
apartIC 3559Barred spiral27 million ly
apartIC 3316Spiral31 million ly
apartNGC 4272Elliptical31 million ly
apartIC 3165Barred spiral33 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 3533Spiral27 million ly
apartIC 3559Barred spiral27 million ly
apartIC 3316Spiral31 million ly
apartNGC 4272Elliptical31 million ly
apartIC 3165Barred spiral33 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).