NGC 4283
NGC 4283
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
50 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
18k ly
across
12.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 50 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4283 as it looked roughly 50 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 4251Lenticular1.1 million ly
apartNGC 4173Barred spiral2.7 million ly
apartNGC 4203Elliptical3.9 million ly
apartIC 3215Spiral4.2 million ly
apartNGC 4670Barred spiral5.2 million ly
apartNGC 4525Spiral5.6 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 4173Barred spiral2.7 million ly
apartNGC 4203Elliptical3.9 million ly
apartIC 3215Spiral4.2 million ly
apartNGC 4670Barred spiral5.2 million ly
apartNGC 4525Spiral5.6 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).