NGC 4683
NGC 4683
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E-S0
167 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
70k ly
across
12.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 167 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4683 as it looked roughly 167 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 4696CBarred spiral2.1 million ly
apartNGC 4767BBarred spiral7.8 million ly
apartNGC 4603ABarred spiral7.8 million ly
apartNGC 4507Spiral8.2 million ly
apartNGC 4601Lenticular8.3 million ly
apartNGC 4832Lenticular8.4 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 4767BBarred spiral7.8 million ly
apartNGC 4603ABarred spiral7.8 million ly
apartNGC 4507Spiral8.2 million ly
apartNGC 4601Lenticular8.3 million ly
apartNGC 4832Lenticular8.4 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).