NGC 4213
NGC 4213
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
313 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
143k ly
across
12.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 313 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4213 as it looked roughly 313 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
IC 772Lenticular1.6 million ly
apartIC 3084Galaxy3.7 million ly
apartIC 3119Barred spiral6.2 million ly
apartIC 3184Barred spiral9.2 million ly
apartIC 3116Spiral9.4 million ly
apartIC 3144Barred spiral9.5 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 3084Galaxy3.7 million ly
apartIC 3119Barred spiral6.2 million ly
apartIC 3184Barred spiral9.2 million ly
apartIC 3116Spiral9.4 million ly
apartIC 3144Barred spiral9.5 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).