NGC 285
NGC 285
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E-S0
541 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
120k ly
across
16.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 541 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 285 as it looked roughly 541 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 284Elliptical7.0 million ly
apartNGC 283Spiral18 million ly
apartNGC 286Lenticular25 million ly
apartNGC 363Lenticular46 million ly
apartIC 78Spiral48 million ly
apartIC 82Lenticular55 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 283Spiral18 million ly
apartNGC 286Lenticular25 million ly
apartNGC 363Lenticular46 million ly
apartIC 78Spiral48 million ly
apartIC 82Lenticular55 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).