NGC 4763
NGC 4763
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBa
190 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
103k ly
across
12.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 190 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4763 as it looked roughly 190 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 4756Elliptical5.3 million ly
apartNGC 4748Spiral12 million ly
apartIC 3822Spiral12 million ly
apartIC 3831Lenticular13 million ly
apartIC 3827Spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 4829Elliptical14 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 4748Spiral12 million ly
apartIC 3822Spiral12 million ly
apartIC 3831Lenticular13 million ly
apartIC 3827Spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 4829Elliptical14 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).