NGC 1300
NGC 1300
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sbc
73 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
127k ly
across
10.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 73 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 1300 as it looked roughly 73 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 1297Elliptical1.5 million ly
apartNGC 1332Elliptical3.3 million ly
apartNGC 1325Barred spiral3.5 million ly
apartNGC 1345Spiral4.0 million ly
apartNGC 1353Barred spiral4.5 million ly
apartNGC 1258Spiral5.3 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 1332Elliptical3.3 million ly
apartNGC 1325Barred spiral3.5 million ly
apartNGC 1345Spiral4.0 million ly
apartNGC 1353Barred spiral4.5 million ly
apartNGC 1258Spiral5.3 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).