NGC 4503
NGC 4503
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
63 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
64k ly
across
11.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 63 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4503 as it looked roughly 63 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 4528Lenticular570,000 ly
apartIC 3510Elliptical890,000 ly
apartNGC 4478Elliptical2.5 million ly
apartNGC 4477Lenticular2.9 million ly
apartIC 3468Elliptical3.0 million ly
apartIC 3346Elliptical3.1 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 3510Elliptical890,000 ly
apartNGC 4478Elliptical2.5 million ly
apartNGC 4477Lenticular2.9 million ly
apartIC 3468Elliptical3.0 million ly
apartIC 3346Elliptical3.1 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).