NGC 4983
NGC 4983
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBa
303 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
92k ly
across
13.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 303 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4983 as it looked roughly 303 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 5032Barred spiral8.1 million ly
apartIC 4133Elliptical8.9 million ly
apartNGC 4889Elliptical10 million ly
apartNGC 5004BBarred spiral10 million ly
apartIC 4042Lenticular11 million ly
apartNGC 4971Elliptical11 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 4133Elliptical8.9 million ly
apartNGC 4889Elliptical10 million ly
apartNGC 5004BBarred spiral10 million ly
apartIC 4042Lenticular11 million ly
apartNGC 4971Elliptical11 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).