NGC 1306
NGC 1306
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sb
68 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
22k ly
across
13.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 68 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 1306 as it looked roughly 68 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 1292Spiral4.9 million ly
apartNGC 1258Spiral5.1 million ly
apartNGC 1385Spiral5.1 million ly
apartNGC 1398Barred spiral5.7 million ly
apartNGC 1187Spiral6.4 million ly
apartNGC 1332Elliptical6.9 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 1258Spiral5.1 million ly
apartNGC 1385Spiral5.1 million ly
apartNGC 1398Barred spiral5.7 million ly
apartNGC 1187Spiral6.4 million ly
apartNGC 1332Elliptical6.9 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).