NGC 1305
NGC 1305
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E-S0
290 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
112k ly
across
12.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 290 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 1305 as it looked roughly 290 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 1322Elliptical5.7 million ly
apartNGC 1308Lenticular9.0 million ly
apartNGC 1323Lenticular10 million ly
apartNGC 1328Lenticular11 million ly
apartNGC 1298Elliptical15 million ly
apartNGC 1219Spiral28 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 1308Lenticular9.0 million ly
apartNGC 1323Lenticular10 million ly
apartNGC 1328Lenticular11 million ly
apartNGC 1298Elliptical15 million ly
apartNGC 1219Spiral28 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).