NGC 4303
M61 · NGC 4303
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sbc
73 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
146k ly
across
10.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 73 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4303 as it looked roughly 73 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 4266Barred spiral2.0 million ly
apartIC 3229Barred spiral3.4 million ly
apartNGC 4527Spiral4.6 million ly
apartNGC 4324Lenticular4.7 million ly
apartIC 3474Spiral5.2 million ly
apartNGC 4430Barred spiral5.3 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 3229Barred spiral3.4 million ly
apartNGC 4527Spiral4.6 million ly
apartNGC 4324Lenticular4.7 million ly
apartIC 3474Spiral5.2 million ly
apartNGC 4430Barred spiral5.3 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).