IC 103
IC 103
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E-S0
447 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
123k ly
across
15.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 447 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 103 as it looked roughly 447 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 109Lenticular7.6 million ly
apartIC 105Lenticular8.4 million ly
apartIC 123Elliptical24 million ly
apartIC 121Barred spiral27 million ly
apartNGC 435Spiral38 million ly
apartIC 1697Lenticular48 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 105Lenticular8.4 million ly
apartIC 123Elliptical24 million ly
apartIC 121Barred spiral27 million ly
apartNGC 435Spiral38 million ly
apartIC 1697Lenticular48 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).