NGC 4663
NGC 4663
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
112 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
35k ly
across
14.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 112 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4663 as it looked roughly 112 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 4658Barred spiral910,000 ly
apartNGC 4682Spiral3.2 million ly
apartNGC 4680Lenticular5.5 million ly
apartNGC 4604Irregular9.8 million ly
apartNGC 4593Barred spiral11 million ly
apartIC 4177Spiral12 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 4682Spiral3.2 million ly
apartNGC 4680Lenticular5.5 million ly
apartNGC 4604Irregular9.8 million ly
apartNGC 4593Barred spiral11 million ly
apartIC 4177Spiral12 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).