NGC 4603D
NGC 4603D
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · SABc
128 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
60k ly
across
13.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 128 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4603D as it looked roughly 128 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 4650Lenticular5.1 million ly
apartNGC 4603Spiral6.3 million ly
apartNGC 4645Elliptical7.0 million ly
apartNGC 4696DLenticular7.5 million ly
apartNGC 4767ASpiral8.4 million ly
apartNGC 4650ALenticular8.7 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 4603Spiral6.3 million ly
apartNGC 4645Elliptical7.0 million ly
apartNGC 4696DLenticular7.5 million ly
apartNGC 4767ASpiral8.4 million ly
apartNGC 4650ALenticular8.7 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).