NGC 282
NGC 282
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
309 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
112k ly
across
14.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 309 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 282 as it looked roughly 309 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 140Barred spiral26 million ly
apartIC 1659Elliptical29 million ly
apartNGC 315Elliptical30 million ly
apartNGC 112Barred spiral33 million ly
apartIC 1672Spiral40 million ly
apartNGC 69Elliptical40 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 1659Elliptical29 million ly
apartNGC 315Elliptical30 million ly
apartNGC 112Barred spiral33 million ly
apartIC 1672Spiral40 million ly
apartNGC 69Elliptical40 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).