NGC 264
NGC 264
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
230 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
84k ly
across
14.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 230 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 264 as it looked roughly 230 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 633Barred spiral40 million ly
apartNGC 597Barred spiral42 million ly
apartIC 1628Elliptical43 million ly
apartNGC 527BBarred spiral43 million ly
apartNGC 314Lenticular45 million ly
apartNGC 526BLenticular46 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 597Barred spiral42 million ly
apartIC 1628Elliptical43 million ly
apartNGC 527BBarred spiral43 million ly
apartNGC 314Lenticular45 million ly
apartNGC 526BLenticular46 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).