NGC 4553
NGC 4553
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
145 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
109k ly
across
12.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 145 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4553 as it looked roughly 145 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 4603CLenticular4.2 million ly
apartNGC 4373BBarred spiral6.1 million ly
apartNGC 4645ALenticular6.6 million ly
apartNGC 4575Barred spiral7.3 million ly
apartNGC 4677Lenticular7.6 million ly
apartNGC 4373ALenticular7.7 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 4373BBarred spiral6.1 million ly
apartNGC 4645ALenticular6.6 million ly
apartNGC 4575Barred spiral7.3 million ly
apartNGC 4677Lenticular7.6 million ly
apartNGC 4373ALenticular7.7 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).