NGC 1308
NGC 1308
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
299 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
100k ly
across
14.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 299 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 1308 as it looked roughly 299 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 1298Elliptical7.7 million ly
apartNGC 1305Elliptical9.0 million ly
apartNGC 1322Elliptical11 million ly
apartNGC 1328Lenticular14 million ly
apartNGC 1323Lenticular18 million ly
apartNGC 1280Spiral25 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 1305Elliptical9.0 million ly
apartNGC 1322Elliptical11 million ly
apartNGC 1328Lenticular14 million ly
apartNGC 1323Lenticular18 million ly
apartNGC 1280Spiral25 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).