NGC 903
NGC 903
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Galaxy
morphology
235 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
51k ly
across
16.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 235 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 903 as it looked roughly 235 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
IC 221Spiral4.0 million ly
apartNGC 928Spiral5.0 million ly
apartNGC 904Elliptical16 million ly
apartNGC 953Elliptical18 million ly
apartNGC 931Barred spiral18 million ly
apartNGC 940Lenticular19 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 928Spiral5.0 million ly
apartNGC 904Elliptical16 million ly
apartNGC 953Elliptical18 million ly
apartNGC 931Barred spiral18 million ly
apartNGC 940Lenticular19 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).