NGC 4753
NGC 4753
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
59 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
111k ly
across
9.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 59 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4753 as it looked roughly 59 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 4904Spiral4.3 million ly
apartNGC 4643Lenticular4.9 million ly
apartNGC 4697Elliptical5.3 million ly
apartNGC 4771Spiral5.9 million ly
apartNGC 4691Lenticular6.7 million ly
apartIC 3908Barred spiral6.8 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 4643Lenticular4.9 million ly
apartNGC 4697Elliptical5.3 million ly
apartNGC 4771Spiral5.9 million ly
apartNGC 4691Lenticular6.7 million ly
apartIC 3908Barred spiral6.8 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).