NGC 263
NGC 263
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sbc
319 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
74k ly
across
15.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 319 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 263 as it looked roughly 319 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 301Spiral17 million ly
apartIC 36Galaxy21 million ly
apartIC 27Galaxy23 million ly
apartIC 58Elliptical24 million ly
apartIC 28Elliptical28 million ly
apartIC 1556Barred spiral28 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 36Galaxy21 million ly
apartIC 27Galaxy23 million ly
apartIC 58Elliptical24 million ly
apartIC 28Elliptical28 million ly
apartIC 1556Barred spiral28 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).