NGC 4391
NGC 4391
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E-S0
62 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
22k ly
across
13.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 62 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4391 as it looked roughly 62 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 4221Lenticular1.8 million ly
apartNGC 4125Elliptical2.2 million ly
apartIC 758Spiral4.1 million ly
apartNGC 4205Barred spiral5.7 million ly
apartNGC 4041Barred spiral6.6 million ly
apartNGC 4036Lenticular6.8 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 4125Elliptical2.2 million ly
apartIC 758Spiral4.1 million ly
apartNGC 4205Barred spiral5.7 million ly
apartNGC 4041Barred spiral6.6 million ly
apartNGC 4036Lenticular6.8 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).