NGC 4403
NGC 4403
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBab
242 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
111k ly
across
13.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 242 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4403 as it looked roughly 242 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 4404Elliptical14 million ly
apartNGC 4484Spiral18 million ly
apartIC 784Spiral19 million ly
apartNGC 4201Lenticular22 million ly
apartNGC 4225Lenticular22 million ly
apartNGC 4176Barred spiral26 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 4484Spiral18 million ly
apartIC 784Spiral19 million ly
apartNGC 4201Lenticular22 million ly
apartNGC 4225Lenticular22 million ly
apartNGC 4176Barred spiral26 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).