NGC 883
NGC 883
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E-S0
253 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
116k ly
across
13.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 253 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 883 as it looked roughly 253 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 881Spiral5.8 million ly
apartIC 219Elliptical16 million ly
apartNGC 809Lenticular19 million ly
apartNGC 790Lenticular21 million ly
apartIC 184Barred spiral21 million ly
apartIC 206Lenticular26 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 219Elliptical16 million ly
apartNGC 809Lenticular19 million ly
apartNGC 790Lenticular21 million ly
apartIC 184Barred spiral21 million ly
apartIC 206Lenticular26 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).