NGC 250
NGC 250
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
244 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
91k ly
across
14.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 244 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 250 as it looked roughly 244 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 257Spiral2.1 million ly
apartIC 55Spiral4.8 million ly
apartNGC 180Spiral11 million ly
apartIC 1592Barred spiral11 million ly
apartIC 1564Spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 332Elliptical13 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 55Spiral4.8 million ly
apartNGC 180Spiral11 million ly
apartIC 1592Barred spiral11 million ly
apartIC 1564Spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 332Elliptical13 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).