NGC 4409
NGC 4409
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBc
80 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
42k ly
across
12.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 80 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4409 as it looked roughly 80 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 4496ASpiral2.6 million ly
apartNGC 4533Spiral3.0 million ly
apartNGC 4324Lenticular4.7 million ly
apartNGC 4536Spiral4.9 million ly
apartNGC 4632Spiral6.5 million ly
apartNGC 4260Barred spiral6.6 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 4533Spiral3.0 million ly
apartNGC 4324Lenticular4.7 million ly
apartNGC 4536Spiral4.9 million ly
apartNGC 4632Spiral6.5 million ly
apartNGC 4260Barred spiral6.6 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).