NGC 4603B
NGC 4603B
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBb
201 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
76k ly
across
15.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 201 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4603B as it looked roughly 201 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 4616Elliptical9.1 million ly
apartNGC 4622Spiral9.6 million ly
apartNGC 4709Elliptical18 million ly
apartNGC 4679Barred spiral18 million ly
apartNGC 4622AElliptical21 million ly
apartNGC 4706Lenticular27 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 4622Spiral9.6 million ly
apartNGC 4709Elliptical18 million ly
apartNGC 4679Barred spiral18 million ly
apartNGC 4622AElliptical21 million ly
apartNGC 4706Lenticular27 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).