NGC 163
NGC 163
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
276 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
115k ly
across
12.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 276 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 163 as it looked roughly 276 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 165Barred spiral1.4 million ly
apartNGC 191Spiral9.8 million ly
apartNGC 191ALenticular11 million ly
apartIC 22Lenticular13 million ly
apartNGC 155Lenticular13 million ly
apartIC 50Elliptical13 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 191Spiral9.8 million ly
apartNGC 191ALenticular11 million ly
apartIC 22Lenticular13 million ly
apartNGC 155Lenticular13 million ly
apartIC 50Elliptical13 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).