NGC 183
NGC 183
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
247 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
73k ly
across
12.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 247 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 183 as it looked roughly 247 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 184Spiral2.5 million ly
apartNGC 233Elliptical9.3 million ly
apartNGC 181Lenticular11 million ly
apartIC 46Elliptical11 million ly
apartNGC 260Spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 252Lenticular19 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 233Elliptical9.3 million ly
apartNGC 181Lenticular11 million ly
apartIC 46Elliptical11 million ly
apartNGC 260Spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 252Lenticular19 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).