NGC 4603
NGC 4603
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · SABc
121 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
92k ly
across
11.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 121 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4603 as it looked roughly 121 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 4645Elliptical2.1 million ly
apartNGC 4696DLenticular3.4 million ly
apartNGC 4661Elliptical4.3 million ly
apartNGC 4603DSpiral6.3 million ly
apartNGC 4930Barred spiral9.3 million ly
apartNGC 4650Lenticular11 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 4696DLenticular3.4 million ly
apartNGC 4661Elliptical4.3 million ly
apartNGC 4603DSpiral6.3 million ly
apartNGC 4930Barred spiral9.3 million ly
apartNGC 4650Lenticular11 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).