NGC 4253
NGC 4253
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBa
178 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
46k ly
across
13.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 178 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4253 as it looked roughly 178 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 4169Lenticular4.7 million ly
apartNGC 4185Barred spiral6.5 million ly
apartNGC 4131Lenticular7.3 million ly
apartNGC 4196Lenticular8.5 million ly
apartNGC 4134Barred spiral8.7 million ly
apartNGC 4174Lenticular11 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 4185Barred spiral6.5 million ly
apartNGC 4131Lenticular7.3 million ly
apartNGC 4196Lenticular8.5 million ly
apartNGC 4134Barred spiral8.7 million ly
apartNGC 4174Lenticular11 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).