NGC 2803
NGC 2803
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E-S0
421 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
120k ly
across
15.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 421 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 2803 as it looked roughly 421 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 2812Barred spiral7.4 million ly
apartNGC 2802Lenticular14 million ly
apartNGC 2794Spiral14 million ly
apartIC 2453Spiral15 million ly
apartNGC 2813Lenticular17 million ly
apartIC 2457Barred spiral19 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 2802Lenticular14 million ly
apartNGC 2794Spiral14 million ly
apartIC 2453Spiral15 million ly
apartNGC 2813Lenticular17 million ly
apartIC 2457Barred spiral19 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).