NGC 4653
NGC 4653
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · SABc
123 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
83k ly
across
12.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 123 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4653 as it looked roughly 123 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 4642Barred spiral350,000 ly
apartNGC 4690Elliptical7.5 million ly
apartNGC 4602Spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 4799Spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 4593Barred spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 4604Irregular15 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 4690Elliptical7.5 million ly
apartNGC 4602Spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 4799Spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 4593Barred spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 4604Irregular15 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).