NGC 4493
NGC 4493
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
322 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
143k ly
across
14.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 322 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4493 as it looked roughly 322 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 4541Spiral9.6 million ly
apartNGC 4333Barred spiral33 million ly
apartNGC 4326Spiral34 million ly
apartNGC 4077Lenticular39 million ly
apartNGC 4432Spiral39 million ly
apartNGC 4075Lenticular41 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 4333Barred spiral33 million ly
apartNGC 4326Spiral34 million ly
apartNGC 4077Lenticular39 million ly
apartNGC 4432Spiral39 million ly
apartNGC 4075Lenticular41 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).