NGC 4384
NGC 4384
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sa
117 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
43k ly
across
13.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 117 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4384 as it looked roughly 117 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
Medusa Galaxy MergerBarred spiral4.6 million ly
apartNGC 4814Barred spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 4964Spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 3888Spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 3780Spiral15 million ly
apartNGC 3835Spiral16 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 4814Barred spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 4964Spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 3888Spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 3780Spiral15 million ly
apartNGC 3835Spiral16 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).