NGC 4933A
NGC 4933A
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
152 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
33k ly
across
14.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 152 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4933A as it looked roughly 152 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 4933BLenticular29,000 ly
apartNGC 4933CSpiral2.4 million ly
apartNGC 4939Barred spiral7.3 million ly
apartIC 4071Lenticular12 million ly
apartNGC 4885Spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 4925Lenticular14 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 4933CSpiral2.4 million ly
apartNGC 4939Barred spiral7.3 million ly
apartIC 4071Lenticular12 million ly
apartNGC 4885Spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 4925Lenticular14 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).