NGC 287
NGC 287
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
257 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
62k ly
across
14.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 257 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 287 as it looked roughly 257 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 296Barred spiral5.3 million ly
apartNGC 373Elliptical13 million ly
apartNGC 233Elliptical13 million ly
apartNGC 379Lenticular13 million ly
apartNGC 386Elliptical13 million ly
apartNGC 388Elliptical14 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 373Elliptical13 million ly
apartNGC 233Elliptical13 million ly
apartNGC 379Lenticular13 million ly
apartNGC 386Elliptical13 million ly
apartNGC 388Elliptical14 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).