NGC 4603C
NGC 4603C
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
146 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
78k ly
across
14.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 146 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4603C as it looked roughly 146 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 4645ALenticular2.5 million ly
apartNGC 4677Lenticular3.7 million ly
apartNGC 4553Lenticular4.2 million ly
apartNGC 4696BElliptical5.9 million ly
apartNGC 4575Barred spiral8.1 million ly
apartNGC 4811Lenticular8.2 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 4677Lenticular3.7 million ly
apartNGC 4553Lenticular4.2 million ly
apartNGC 4696BElliptical5.9 million ly
apartNGC 4575Barred spiral8.1 million ly
apartNGC 4811Lenticular8.2 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).