NGC 1803
NGC 1803
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBbc
191 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
52k ly
across
12.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 191 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 1803 as it looked roughly 191 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 1680Barred spiral15 million ly
apartNGC 1930Elliptical17 million ly
apartIC 2073Barred spiral24 million ly
apartNGC 1998Lenticular26 million ly
apartNGC 2007Barred spiral28 million ly
apartIC 2065Spiral33 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 1930Elliptical17 million ly
apartIC 2073Barred spiral24 million ly
apartNGC 1998Lenticular26 million ly
apartNGC 2007Barred spiral28 million ly
apartIC 2065Spiral33 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).