NGC 4893A
NGC 4893A
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E?
499 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
81k ly
across
15.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 499 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4893A as it looked roughly 499 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 4027Lenticular2.3 million ly
apartNGC 4893Elliptical4.1 million ly
apartIC 4115Barred spiral5.0 million ly
apartNGC 4870Barred spiral6.0 million ly
apartIC 4144Barred spiral8.1 million ly
apartIC 4127Spiral14 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 4893Elliptical4.1 million ly
apartIC 4115Barred spiral5.0 million ly
apartNGC 4870Barred spiral6.0 million ly
apartIC 4144Barred spiral8.1 million ly
apartIC 4127Spiral14 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).