NGC 4863
NGC 4863
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
204 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
113k ly
across
14.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 204 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4863 as it looked roughly 204 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 4825Elliptical2.6 million ly
apartIC 3834Barred spiral7.1 million ly
apartIC 3827Spiral8.7 million ly
apartNGC 4714Elliptical9.3 million ly
apartIC 3822Spiral9.7 million ly
apartNGC 4823Lenticular11 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 3834Barred spiral7.1 million ly
apartIC 3827Spiral8.7 million ly
apartNGC 4714Elliptical9.3 million ly
apartIC 3822Spiral9.7 million ly
apartNGC 4823Lenticular11 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).