NGC 296
NGC 296
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sb
255 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
165k ly
across
12.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 255 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 296 as it looked roughly 255 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 287Lenticular5.3 million ly
apartNGC 318Lenticular11 million ly
apartNGC 233Elliptical12 million ly
apartNGC 373Elliptical12 million ly
apartNGC 388Elliptical12 million ly
apartNGC 386Elliptical13 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 318Lenticular11 million ly
apartNGC 233Elliptical12 million ly
apartNGC 373Elliptical12 million ly
apartNGC 388Elliptical12 million ly
apartNGC 386Elliptical13 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).