NGC 7483
NGC 7483
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sa
230 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
96k ly
across
14.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 230 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 7483 as it looked roughly 230 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 7472Elliptical2.6 million ly
apartNGC 7480Lenticular8.6 million ly
apartNGC 7458Elliptical8.7 million ly
apartNGC 7422Barred spiral11 million ly
apartIC 1455Barred spiral15 million ly
apartNGC 7401Barred spiral16 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 7480Lenticular8.6 million ly
apartNGC 7458Elliptical8.7 million ly
apartNGC 7422Barred spiral11 million ly
apartIC 1455Barred spiral15 million ly
apartNGC 7401Barred spiral16 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).