NGC 4933C
NGC 4933C
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sd
149 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
28k ly
across
15.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 149 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4933C as it looked roughly 149 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 4933BLenticular2.4 million ly
apartNGC 4933AElliptical2.4 million ly
apartNGC 4939Barred spiral5.2 million ly
apartIC 4071Lenticular13 million ly
apartNGC 5076Lenticular14 million ly
apartNGC 4885Spiral14 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 4933AElliptical2.4 million ly
apartNGC 4939Barred spiral5.2 million ly
apartIC 4071Lenticular13 million ly
apartNGC 5076Lenticular14 million ly
apartNGC 4885Spiral14 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).