NGC 260
NGC 260
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sc
242 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
54k ly
across
14.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 242 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 260 as it looked roughly 242 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
IC 46Elliptical7.5 million ly
apartNGC 252Lenticular9.3 million ly
apartNGC 184Spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 183Elliptical13 million ly
apartNGC 318Lenticular15 million ly
apartNGC 311Lenticular15 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 252Lenticular9.3 million ly
apartNGC 184Spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 183Elliptical13 million ly
apartNGC 318Lenticular15 million ly
apartNGC 311Lenticular15 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).