NGC 1304
NGC 1304
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E-S0
185 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
72k ly
across
14.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 185 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 1304 as it looked roughly 185 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 1314Spiral1.8 million ly
apartNGC 1346Barred spiral8.0 million ly
apartNGC 1355Lenticular10 million ly
apartNGC 1358Lenticular11 million ly
apartNGC 1376Spiral16 million ly
apartNGC 1241Barred spiral17 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 1346Barred spiral8.0 million ly
apartNGC 1355Lenticular10 million ly
apartNGC 1358Lenticular11 million ly
apartNGC 1376Spiral16 million ly
apartNGC 1241Barred spiral17 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).