NGC 4583
NGC 4583
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
322 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
141k ly
across
14.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 322 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4583 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 4619Barred spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 4737Lenticular16 million ly
apartNGC 4719Barred spiral16 million ly
apartIC 3330Spiral21 million ly
apartIC 826Barred spiral21 million ly
apartNGC 4662Barred spiral22 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 4737Lenticular16 million ly
apartNGC 4719Barred spiral16 million ly
apartIC 3330Spiral21 million ly
apartIC 826Barred spiral21 million ly
apartNGC 4662Barred spiral22 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).