NGC 7003
NGC 7003
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sbc
248 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
71k ly
across
13.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 248 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 7003 as it looked roughly 248 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 7025Spiral20 million ly
apartNGC 7028Spiral20 million ly
apartNGC 7042Barred spiral24 million ly
apartNGC 7043Spiral25 million ly
apartIC 5104Spiral30 million ly
apartNGC 7053Lenticular33 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 7028Spiral20 million ly
apartNGC 7042Barred spiral24 million ly
apartNGC 7043Spiral25 million ly
apartIC 5104Spiral30 million ly
apartNGC 7053Lenticular33 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).