NGC 7103
NGC 7103
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
453 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
187k ly
across
15.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 453 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 7103 as it looked roughly 453 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 1393Lenticular860,000 ly
apartNGC 7104Elliptical4.9 million ly
apartIC 5122Lenticular23 million ly
apartIC 5124Lenticular37 million ly
apartIC 1386Elliptical49 million ly
apartNGC 7035ALenticular54 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 7104Elliptical4.9 million ly
apartIC 5122Lenticular23 million ly
apartIC 5124Lenticular37 million ly
apartIC 1386Elliptical49 million ly
apartNGC 7035ALenticular54 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).