NGC 7503
NGC 7503
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
616 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
170k ly
across
13.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 616 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 7503 as it looked roughly 616 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 7501Elliptical28 million ly
apartNGC 7584Galaxy31 million ly
apartNGC 7583Lenticular34 million ly
apartNGC 7609 NED02Spiral41 million ly
apartIC 5291Galaxy49 million ly
apartNGC 7579Galaxy49 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 7584Galaxy31 million ly
apartNGC 7583Lenticular34 million ly
apartNGC 7609 NED02Spiral41 million ly
apartIC 5291Galaxy49 million ly
apartNGC 7579Galaxy49 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).