NGC 4993
NGC 4993
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E-S0
137 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
62k ly
across
13.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 137 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4993 as it looked roughly 137 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
IC 4180Lenticular2.1 million ly
apartNGC 4968Lenticular3.0 million ly
apartIC 4197Elliptical4.6 million ly
apartNGC 5022Barred spiral9.9 million ly
apartNGC 5018Elliptical11 million ly
apartNGC 5006Lenticular12 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 4968Lenticular3.0 million ly
apartIC 4197Elliptical4.6 million ly
apartNGC 5022Barred spiral9.9 million ly
apartNGC 5018Elliptical11 million ly
apartNGC 5006Lenticular12 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).