IC 503
IC 503
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sa
192 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
74k ly
across
14.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 192 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 503 as it looked roughly 192 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 504Lenticular3.8 million ly
apartNGC 2561Barred spiral5.1 million ly
apartNGC 2538Barred spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 2618Spiral15 million ly
apartNGC 2555Spiral16 million ly
apartIC 502Elliptical18 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 2561Barred spiral5.1 million ly
apartNGC 2538Barred spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 2618Spiral15 million ly
apartNGC 2555Spiral16 million ly
apartIC 502Elliptical18 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).