NGC 503
NGC 503
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
276 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
51k ly
across
15.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 276 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 503 as it looked roughly 276 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 513Spiral3.6 million ly
apartNGC 496Barred spiral7.2 million ly
apartIC 1668Spiral10 million ly
apartIC 1669Galaxy10 million ly
apartNGC 498Galaxy11 million ly
apartNGC 431Lenticular12 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 496Barred spiral7.2 million ly
apartIC 1668Spiral10 million ly
apartIC 1669Galaxy10 million ly
apartNGC 498Galaxy11 million ly
apartNGC 431Lenticular12 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).