NGC 4953
NGC 4953
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
230 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
123k ly
across
14.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 230 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4953 as it looked roughly 230 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 4679Barred spiral20 million ly
apartNGC 4622AElliptical22 million ly
apartNGC 4709Elliptical23 million ly
apartIC 3986Elliptical25 million ly
apartNGC 4903Spiral27 million ly
apartNGC 4616Elliptical29 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 4622AElliptical22 million ly
apartNGC 4709Elliptical23 million ly
apartIC 3986Elliptical25 million ly
apartNGC 4903Spiral27 million ly
apartNGC 4616Elliptical29 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).