NGC 4883
NGC 4883
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E-S0
380 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
85k ly
across
14.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 380 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4883 as it looked roughly 380 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
IC 4026Lenticular1.3 million ly
apartNGC 4875Lenticular6.8 million ly
apartNGC 4911Spiral8.7 million ly
apartNGC 4860Elliptical10 million ly
apartNGC 4854Lenticular11 million ly
apartNGC 4851Lenticular13 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 4875Lenticular6.8 million ly
apartNGC 4911Spiral8.7 million ly
apartNGC 4860Elliptical10 million ly
apartNGC 4854Lenticular11 million ly
apartNGC 4851Lenticular13 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).