NGC 4385
NGC 4385
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
100 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
63k ly
across
13.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 100 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4385 as it looked roughly 100 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 4355Spiral2.9 million ly
apartNGC 4234Spiral7.8 million ly
apartNGC 4412Barred spiral9.0 million ly
apartNGC 4287Barred spiral9.1 million ly
apartNGC 4292Lenticular9.2 million ly
apartNGC 4348Barred spiral9.5 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 4234Spiral7.8 million ly
apartNGC 4412Barred spiral9.0 million ly
apartNGC 4287Barred spiral9.1 million ly
apartNGC 4292Lenticular9.2 million ly
apartNGC 4348Barred spiral9.5 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).