NGC 803
NGC 803
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sc
98 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
76k ly
across
12.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 98 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 803 as it looked roughly 98 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 473Lenticular18 million ly
apartNGC 821Elliptical18 million ly
apartNGC 772Barred spiral19 million ly
apartNGC 525Lenticular20 million ly
apartIC 114Lenticular21 million ly
apartNGC 532Spiral22 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 821Elliptical18 million ly
apartNGC 772Barred spiral19 million ly
apartNGC 525Lenticular20 million ly
apartIC 114Lenticular21 million ly
apartNGC 532Spiral22 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).