NGC 83
NGC 83
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
299 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
109k ly
across
12.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 299 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 83 as it looked roughly 299 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 96Elliptical11 million ly
apartNGC 81Galaxy14 million ly
apartNGC 15Spiral16 million ly
apartNGC 42Elliptical23 million ly
apartIC 1541Lenticular23 million ly
apartNGC 94Galaxy24 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 81Galaxy14 million ly
apartNGC 15Spiral16 million ly
apartNGC 42Elliptical23 million ly
apartIC 1541Lenticular23 million ly
apartNGC 94Galaxy24 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).