NGC 4803
NGC 4803
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E-S0
127 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
28k ly
across
14.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 127 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4803 as it looked roughly 127 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 4795Barred spiral530,000 ly
apartNGC 4779Barred spiral7.4 million ly
apartNGC 4791Barred spiral9.3 million ly
apartNGC 4799Spiral12 million ly
apartIC 3631Lenticular15 million ly
apartNGC 4796Elliptical15 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 4779Barred spiral7.4 million ly
apartNGC 4791Barred spiral9.3 million ly
apartNGC 4799Spiral12 million ly
apartIC 3631Lenticular15 million ly
apartNGC 4796Elliptical15 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).