NGC 266
NGC 266
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sab
219 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
186k ly
across
11.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 219 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 266 as it looked roughly 219 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 226Elliptical8.5 million ly
apartNGC 295Galaxy8.5 million ly
apartNGC 262Lenticular9.6 million ly
apartNGC 338Spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 243Lenticular11 million ly
apartIC 66Spiral12 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 295Galaxy8.5 million ly
apartNGC 262Lenticular9.6 million ly
apartNGC 338Spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 243Lenticular11 million ly
apartIC 66Spiral12 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).