NGC 2308
NGC 2308
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sab
272 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
116k ly
across
14.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 272 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 2308 as it looked roughly 272 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 2329Elliptical19 million ly
apartNGC 2303Elliptical20 million ly
apartNGC 2332Lenticular25 million ly
apartIC 461Galaxy26 million ly
apartNGC 2340Elliptical26 million ly
apartNGC 2320Elliptical26 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 2303Elliptical20 million ly
apartNGC 2332Lenticular25 million ly
apartIC 461Galaxy26 million ly
apartNGC 2340Elliptical26 million ly
apartNGC 2320Elliptical26 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).