NGC 3203
NGC 3203
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
112 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
103k ly
across
12.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 112 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3203 as it looked roughly 112 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 3173Spiral6.6 million ly
apartNGC 3084Spiral9.9 million ly
apartNGC 3078Elliptical10 million ly
apartIC 2531Spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 3054Barred spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 3081Lenticular12 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3084Spiral9.9 million ly
apartNGC 3078Elliptical10 million ly
apartIC 2531Spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 3054Barred spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 3081Lenticular12 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).