NGC 7203
NGC 7203
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
191 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
60k ly
across
13.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 191 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 7203 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 7229Spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 7221Barred spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 7277Barred spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 7201Spiral18 million ly
apartNGC 7258Barred spiral18 million ly
apartIC 5157Elliptical21 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 7221Barred spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 7277Barred spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 7201Spiral18 million ly
apartNGC 7258Barred spiral18 million ly
apartIC 5157Elliptical21 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).