NGC 1503
NGC 1503
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
271 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
76k ly
across
14.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 271 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 1503 as it looked roughly 271 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 1490Elliptical19 million ly
apartNGC 1313ABarred spiral19 million ly
apartNGC 1526Spiral20 million ly
apartNGC 1669Spiral23 million ly
apartNGC 1534Lenticular27 million ly
apartNGC 1244Spiral28 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 1313ABarred spiral19 million ly
apartNGC 1526Spiral20 million ly
apartNGC 1669Spiral23 million ly
apartNGC 1534Lenticular27 million ly
apartNGC 1244Spiral28 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).