NGC 262
NGC 262
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
210 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
71k ly
across
14.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 210 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 262 as it looked roughly 210 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 266Spiral9.6 million ly
apartNGC 295Galaxy11 million ly
apartNGC 380Elliptical15 million ly
apartNGC 394Lenticular16 million ly
apartNGC 226Elliptical17 million ly
apartNGC 338Spiral17 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 295Galaxy11 million ly
apartNGC 380Elliptical15 million ly
apartNGC 394Lenticular16 million ly
apartNGC 226Elliptical17 million ly
apartNGC 338Spiral17 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).