NGC 483
NGC 483
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sb
217 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
55k ly
across
14.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 217 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 483 as it looked roughly 217 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
IC 1690Lenticular5.1 million ly
apartIC 1689Lenticular5.5 million ly
apartNGC 542Barred spiral5.7 million ly
apartNGC 531Lenticular6.0 million ly
apartNGC 561Spiral6.6 million ly
apartNGC 571Barred spiral7.4 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 1689Lenticular5.5 million ly
apartNGC 542Barred spiral5.7 million ly
apartNGC 531Lenticular6.0 million ly
apartNGC 561Spiral6.6 million ly
apartNGC 571Barred spiral7.4 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).