NGC 1403
NGC 1403
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E-S0
199 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
88k ly
across
12.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 199 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 1403 as it looked roughly 199 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 1928Spiral10 million ly
apartNGC 1459Barred spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 1352Lenticular13 million ly
apartNGC 1402Lenticular14 million ly
apartNGC 1394Lenticular14 million ly
apartNGC 1391Lenticular14 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 1459Barred spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 1352Lenticular13 million ly
apartNGC 1402Lenticular14 million ly
apartNGC 1394Lenticular14 million ly
apartNGC 1391Lenticular14 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).