IC 303
IC 303
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Galaxy
morphology
418 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
72k ly
across
16.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 418 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 303 as it looked roughly 418 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 1284Lenticular14 million ly
apartIC 306Spiral14 million ly
apartIC 318Spiral27 million ly
apartNGC 1296Barred spiral28 million ly
apartIC 299Lenticular32 million ly
apartNGC 1203AElliptical34 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 306Spiral14 million ly
apartIC 318Spiral27 million ly
apartNGC 1296Barred spiral28 million ly
apartIC 299Lenticular32 million ly
apartNGC 1203AElliptical34 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).