NGC 1483
NGC 1483
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBbc
54 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
29k ly
across
12.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 54 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 1483 as it looked roughly 54 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 1494Spiral2.0 million ly
apartNGC 1448Spiral3.1 million ly
apartNGC 1527Elliptical3.9 million ly
apartNGC 1433Barred spiral4.0 million ly
apartNGC 1493Barred spiral4.8 million ly
apartIC 1970Barred spiral6.4 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 1448Spiral3.1 million ly
apartNGC 1527Elliptical3.9 million ly
apartNGC 1433Barred spiral4.0 million ly
apartNGC 1493Barred spiral4.8 million ly
apartIC 1970Barred spiral6.4 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).