NGC 4533
NGC 4533
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Scd
82 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
43k ly
across
14.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 82 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4533 as it looked roughly 82 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 4536Spiral2.7 million ly
apartNGC 4496ASpiral2.7 million ly
apartNGC 4409Barred spiral3.0 million ly
apartNGC 4632Spiral4.6 million ly
apartNGC 4581Elliptical4.8 million ly
apartNGC 4599Lenticular6.0 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 4496ASpiral2.7 million ly
apartNGC 4409Barred spiral3.0 million ly
apartNGC 4632Spiral4.6 million ly
apartNGC 4581Elliptical4.8 million ly
apartNGC 4599Lenticular6.0 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).