NGC 4433
NGC 4433
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · SABa
140 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
81k ly
across
12.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 140 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4433 as it looked roughly 140 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 4428Spiral1.6 million ly
apartNGC 4671Elliptical12 million ly
apartNGC 4628Barred spiral12 million ly
apartIC 804Lenticular12 million ly
apartNGC 4626Barred spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 4690Elliptical22 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 4671Elliptical12 million ly
apartNGC 4628Barred spiral12 million ly
apartIC 804Lenticular12 million ly
apartNGC 4626Barred spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 4690Elliptical22 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).