NGC 203
NGC 203
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
245 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
70k ly
across
14.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 245 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 203 as it looked roughly 245 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 198Spiral2.9 million ly
apartNGC 182Spiral3.5 million ly
apartNGC 194Elliptical4.0 million ly
apartNGC 200Barred spiral5.1 million ly
apartNGC 208Spiral7.0 million ly
apartNGC 204Lenticular8.9 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 182Spiral3.5 million ly
apartNGC 194Elliptical4.0 million ly
apartNGC 200Barred spiral5.1 million ly
apartNGC 208Spiral7.0 million ly
apartNGC 204Lenticular8.9 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).