NGC 2303
NGC 2303
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
292 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
130k ly
across
14.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 292 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 2303 as it looked roughly 292 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 2308Spiral20 million ly
apartNGC 2329Elliptical25 million ly
apartNGC 2315Lenticular27 million ly
apartNGC 2322Barred spiral27 million ly
apartIC 460Galaxy27 million ly
apartIC 458Elliptical28 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 2329Elliptical25 million ly
apartNGC 2315Lenticular27 million ly
apartNGC 2322Barred spiral27 million ly
apartIC 460Galaxy27 million ly
apartIC 458Elliptical28 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).