NGC 315
NGC 315
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
279 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
232k ly
across
11.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 279 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 315 as it looked roughly 279 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 375Elliptical15 million ly
apartNGC 379Lenticular24 million ly
apartNGC 287Lenticular24 million ly
apartNGC 386Elliptical25 million ly
apartIC 1636Lenticular25 million ly
apartNGC 296Barred spiral25 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 379Lenticular24 million ly
apartNGC 287Lenticular24 million ly
apartNGC 386Elliptical25 million ly
apartIC 1636Lenticular25 million ly
apartNGC 296Barred spiral25 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).