NGC 312
NGC 312
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
373 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
200k ly
across
12.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 373 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 312 as it looked roughly 373 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 323Elliptical11 million ly
apartIC 1617Lenticular14 million ly
apartIC 1615Barred spiral20 million ly
apartNGC 215Elliptical31 million ly
apartNGC 328Barred spiral31 million ly
apartNGC 212Elliptical31 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 1617Lenticular14 million ly
apartIC 1615Barred spiral20 million ly
apartNGC 215Elliptical31 million ly
apartNGC 328Barred spiral31 million ly
apartNGC 212Elliptical31 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).