Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Leo (Leo)  ·  Contains:  NGC 2903
NGC 2903 and Background Galaxies, Jim Thommes
NGC 2903 and Background Galaxies
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NGC 2903 and Background Galaxies

NGC 2903 and Background Galaxies, Jim Thommes
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NGC 2903 and Background Galaxies

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The galaxy toward the left is NGC 2903 -  a SAB(rs)bc, a barred spiral with weak ring. It's distance is comparable by independent estimate (27.9 million light years) and by redshift estimate (39 million light years). NGC 2903 is accompanied by a smaller Magellenic irregular galaxy PGC27115 -  at a distance of 24.3 million light years (estimated by redshift).  This image also shows numerous background galaxies in this region of the sky. Two of these galaxies distance exceed one billion light years (Lookback) - ASK 591791.0 and SDSS j093041.44+212722.1 - this latter galaxy has a nearby galaxy (ASK 591128.0) that may be interacting. There seems to be a long, distorted tail on this pair. Some Quasars  are also visible in this image as well. The visible Quasars range from 2.48 to 11.1 billion light years (Lookback).   These objects, information, background galaxies and some of the brighter stars are identified in the annotated image.

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NGC 2903 and Background Galaxies, Jim Thommes