NGC 1703
NGC 1703
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBb
71 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
56k ly
across
11.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 71 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 1703 as it looked roughly 71 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 1853Barred spiral6.4 million ly
apartIC 2049Spiral7.1 million ly
apartNGC 1596Lenticular7.3 million ly
apartNGC 1602Barred spiral7.5 million ly
apartNGC 1566Spiral8.1 million ly
apartNGC 1581Elliptical8.5 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 2049Spiral7.1 million ly
apartNGC 1596Lenticular7.3 million ly
apartNGC 1602Barred spiral7.5 million ly
apartNGC 1566Spiral8.1 million ly
apartNGC 1581Elliptical8.5 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).