NGC 4203
NGC 4203
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E-S0
52 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
51k ly
across
11.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 52 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4203 as it looked roughly 52 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 4173Barred spiral3.7 million ly
apartNGC 4283Elliptical3.9 million ly
apartNGC 4251Lenticular4.9 million ly
apartNGC 4525Spiral5.6 million ly
apartNGC 4359Barred spiral6.0 million ly
apartNGC 4369Barred spiral6.4 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 4283Elliptical3.9 million ly
apartNGC 4251Lenticular4.9 million ly
apartNGC 4525Spiral5.6 million ly
apartNGC 4359Barred spiral6.0 million ly
apartNGC 4369Barred spiral6.4 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).