NGC 1103
NGC 1103
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBb
196 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
126k ly
across
12.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 196 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 1103 as it looked roughly 196 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 1853Barred spiral1.3 million ly
apartNGC 1118Lenticular6.3 million ly
apartNGC 1083Barred spiral6.8 million ly
apartNGC 1081Barred spiral9.7 million ly
apartNGC 1119Lenticular16 million ly
apartNGC 1200Elliptical16 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 1118Lenticular6.3 million ly
apartNGC 1083Barred spiral6.8 million ly
apartNGC 1081Barred spiral9.7 million ly
apartNGC 1119Lenticular16 million ly
apartNGC 1200Elliptical16 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).