NGC 4003
NGC 4003
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
305 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
92k ly
across
14.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 305 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4003 as it looked roughly 305 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 4002Spiral3.4 million ly
apartNGC 3951Spiral7.0 million ly
apartNGC 3940Elliptical14 million ly
apartNGC 3946Lenticular14 million ly
apartIC 2968Lenticular15 million ly
apartNGC 3943Barred spiral15 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3951Spiral7.0 million ly
apartNGC 3940Elliptical14 million ly
apartNGC 3946Lenticular14 million ly
apartIC 2968Lenticular15 million ly
apartNGC 3943Barred spiral15 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).