NGC 983
NGC 983
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBb
221 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
74k ly
across
13.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 221 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 983 as it looked roughly 221 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 978AElliptical7.6 million ly
apartIC 1815Lenticular9.3 million ly
apartNGC 987Lenticular12 million ly
apartNGC 978BLenticular12 million ly
apartNGC 1067Spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 969Lenticular13 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 1815Lenticular9.3 million ly
apartNGC 987Lenticular12 million ly
apartNGC 978BLenticular12 million ly
apartNGC 1067Spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 969Lenticular13 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).