NGC 1603
NGC 1603
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
241 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
62k ly
across
13.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 241 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 1603 as it looked roughly 241 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 1606Lenticular350,000 ly
apartNGC 1612Lenticular6.4 million ly
apartNGC 1601Lenticular8.0 million ly
apartNGC 1618Barred spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 1622Spiral17 million ly
apartNGC 1643Barred spiral17 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 1612Lenticular6.4 million ly
apartNGC 1601Lenticular8.0 million ly
apartNGC 1618Barred spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 1622Spiral17 million ly
apartNGC 1643Barred spiral17 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).