IC 308
IC 308
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
293 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
99k ly
across
14.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 293 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 308 as it looked roughly 293 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 1274Elliptical7.1 million ly
apartNGC 1250Lenticular8.3 million ly
apartNGC 1278Elliptical12 million ly
apartNGC 1294Elliptical14 million ly
apartNGC 1212Lenticular15 million ly
apartNGC 1271Lenticular15 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 1250Lenticular8.3 million ly
apartNGC 1278Elliptical12 million ly
apartNGC 1294Elliptical14 million ly
apartNGC 1212Lenticular15 million ly
apartNGC 1271Lenticular15 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).