NGC 291
NGC 291
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBa
265 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
76k ly
across
14.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 265 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 291 as it looked roughly 265 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 309Spiral6.7 million ly
apartNGC 293Barred spiral7.6 million ly
apartNGC 349Elliptical13 million ly
apartNGC 342Elliptical14 million ly
apartNGC 347Galaxy14 million ly
apartNGC 356Spiral16 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 293Barred spiral7.6 million ly
apartNGC 349Elliptical13 million ly
apartNGC 342Elliptical14 million ly
apartNGC 347Galaxy14 million ly
apartNGC 356Spiral16 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).