NGC 4394
NGC 4394
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBb
47 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
47k ly
across
11.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 47 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4394 as it looked roughly 47 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 4336Lenticular2.5 million ly
apartNGC 4379Elliptical2.6 million ly
apartIC 3065Lenticular3.7 million ly
apartIC 3313Elliptical3.8 million ly
apartIC 3465Elliptical5.2 million ly
apartIC 3461Elliptical5.3 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 4379Elliptical2.6 million ly
apartIC 3065Lenticular3.7 million ly
apartIC 3313Elliptical3.8 million ly
apartIC 3465Elliptical5.2 million ly
apartIC 3461Elliptical5.3 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).