NGC 1203A
NGC 1203A
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
442 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
107k ly
across
15.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 442 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 1203A as it looked roughly 442 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 1180Elliptical8.3 million ly
apartNGC 1181Barred spiral9.0 million ly
apartNGC 1191Elliptical11 million ly
apartNGC 1192Elliptical13 million ly
apartIC 299Lenticular16 million ly
apartNGC 1263Lenticular20 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 1181Barred spiral9.0 million ly
apartNGC 1191Elliptical11 million ly
apartNGC 1192Elliptical13 million ly
apartIC 299Lenticular16 million ly
apartNGC 1263Lenticular20 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).