NGC 4913
NGC 4913
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · SABa
331 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
140k ly
across
13.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 331 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4913 as it looked roughly 331 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 4922 NED01Elliptical3.5 million ly
apartNGC 4922 NED02Spiral4.9 million ly
apartIC 4041Elliptical6.3 million ly
apartNGC 4874Elliptical7.3 million ly
apartIC 842Barred spiral7.4 million ly
apartNGC 4966Spiral7.5 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 4922 NED02Spiral4.9 million ly
apartIC 4041Elliptical6.3 million ly
apartNGC 4874Elliptical7.3 million ly
apartIC 842Barred spiral7.4 million ly
apartNGC 4966Spiral7.5 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).