NGC 4404
NGC 4404
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E-S0
256 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
116k ly
across
14.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 256 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4404 as it looked roughly 256 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 4403Barred spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 4176Barred spiral18 million ly
apartNGC 4201Lenticular22 million ly
apartNGC 4484Spiral27 million ly
apartNGC 4225Lenticular27 million ly
apartIC 784Spiral31 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 4176Barred spiral18 million ly
apartNGC 4201Lenticular22 million ly
apartNGC 4484Spiral27 million ly
apartNGC 4225Lenticular27 million ly
apartIC 784Spiral31 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).