NGC 283
NGC 283
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sc
523 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
174k ly
across
15.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 523 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 283 as it looked roughly 523 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 286Lenticular7.0 million ly
apartNGC 285Elliptical18 million ly
apartNGC 284Elliptical25 million ly
apartNGC 363Lenticular42 million ly
apartIC 78Spiral57 million ly
apartIC 82Lenticular66 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 285Elliptical18 million ly
apartNGC 284Elliptical25 million ly
apartNGC 363Lenticular42 million ly
apartIC 78Spiral57 million ly
apartIC 82Lenticular66 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).