NGC 301
NGC 301
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sa
316 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
59k ly
across
15.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 316 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 301 as it looked roughly 316 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 263Barred spiral17 million ly
apartIC 58Elliptical25 million ly
apartIC 1556Barred spiral30 million ly
apartIC 56Spiral35 million ly
apartNGC 355Lenticular35 million ly
apartNGC 340Barred spiral36 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 58Elliptical25 million ly
apartIC 1556Barred spiral30 million ly
apartIC 56Spiral35 million ly
apartNGC 355Lenticular35 million ly
apartNGC 340Barred spiral36 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).