NGC 4193
NGC 4193
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · SABb
115 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
74k ly
across
12.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 115 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4193 as it looked roughly 115 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 3049Spiral2.8 million ly
apartIC 3063Spiral3.1 million ly
apartComa PinwheelSpiral4.2 million ly
apartIC 3021Spiral4.8 million ly
apartNGC 4200Lenticular5.9 million ly
apartIC 3061Barred spiral6.0 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 3063Spiral3.1 million ly
apartComa PinwheelSpiral4.2 million ly
apartIC 3021Spiral4.8 million ly
apartNGC 4200Lenticular5.9 million ly
apartIC 3061Barred spiral6.0 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).