NGC 1303
NGC 1303
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
255 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
83k ly
across
14.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 255 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 1303 as it looked roughly 255 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 1285Barred spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 1324Barred spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 1361Elliptical18 million ly
apartNGC 1397Lenticular25 million ly
apartNGC 1216Lenticular25 million ly
apartIC 344Barred spiral26 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 1324Barred spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 1361Elliptical18 million ly
apartNGC 1397Lenticular25 million ly
apartNGC 1216Lenticular25 million ly
apartIC 344Barred spiral26 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).