NGC 703
NGC 703
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E-S0
261 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
75k ly
across
13.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 261 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 703 as it looked roughly 261 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 662Barred spiral11 million ly
apartIC 171Lenticular13 million ly
apartNGC 653Spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 712Lenticular15 million ly
apartNGC 732Lenticular15 million ly
apartNGC 721Barred spiral15 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 171Lenticular13 million ly
apartNGC 653Spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 712Lenticular15 million ly
apartNGC 732Lenticular15 million ly
apartNGC 721Barred spiral15 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).