NGC 4263
NGC 4263
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · SABb
196 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
66k ly
across
13.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 196 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4263 as it looked roughly 196 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 4188Barred spiral5.8 million ly
apartNGC 4279Lenticular8.5 million ly
apartNGC 4329Elliptical8.7 million ly
apartIC 766Lenticular9.2 million ly
apartNGC 4177Spiral9.3 million ly
apartIC 786Lenticular10 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 4279Lenticular8.5 million ly
apartNGC 4329Elliptical8.7 million ly
apartIC 766Lenticular9.2 million ly
apartNGC 4177Spiral9.3 million ly
apartIC 786Lenticular10 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).