NGC 863
NGC 863
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sa
364 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
135k ly
across
13.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 364 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 863 as it looked roughly 364 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 868Elliptical10 million ly
apartNGC 850Lenticular17 million ly
apartIC 205Spiral29 million ly
apartIC 172Barred spiral38 million ly
apartIC 233Barred spiral44 million ly
apartNGC 768Barred spiral46 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 850Lenticular17 million ly
apartIC 205Spiral29 million ly
apartIC 172Barred spiral38 million ly
apartIC 233Barred spiral44 million ly
apartNGC 768Barred spiral46 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).