NGC 4053
NGC 4053
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sab
338 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
104k ly
across
14.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 338 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4053 as it looked roughly 338 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 4055Elliptical4.4 million ly
apartNGC 4042Elliptical4.9 million ly
apartNGC 4090Spiral5.2 million ly
apartNGC 4066Elliptical5.8 million ly
apartNGC 4070Elliptical6.1 million ly
apartNGC 4089Elliptical6.1 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 4042Elliptical4.9 million ly
apartNGC 4090Spiral5.2 million ly
apartNGC 4066Elliptical5.8 million ly
apartNGC 4070Elliptical6.1 million ly
apartNGC 4089Elliptical6.1 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).