NGC 284
NGC 284
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
548 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
99k ly
across
15.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 548 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 284 as it looked roughly 548 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 285Elliptical7.0 million ly
apartNGC 283Spiral25 million ly
apartNGC 286Lenticular32 million ly
apartIC 78Spiral46 million ly
apartNGC 363Lenticular50 million ly
apartIC 82Lenticular52 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 283Spiral25 million ly
apartNGC 286Lenticular32 million ly
apartIC 78Spiral46 million ly
apartNGC 363Lenticular50 million ly
apartIC 82Lenticular52 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).