NGC 4603A
NGC 4603A
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBc
173 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
92k ly
across
14.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 173 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4603A as it looked roughly 173 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 4706Lenticular6.7 million ly
apartNGC 4507Spiral7.1 million ly
apartNGC 4696CBarred spiral7.3 million ly
apartNGC 4499Barred spiral7.5 million ly
apartNGC 4683Elliptical7.8 million ly
apartNGC 4832Lenticular11 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 4507Spiral7.1 million ly
apartNGC 4696CBarred spiral7.3 million ly
apartNGC 4499Barred spiral7.5 million ly
apartNGC 4683Elliptical7.8 million ly
apartNGC 4832Lenticular11 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).