NGC 270
NGC 270
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
176 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
91k ly
across
13.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 176 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 270 as it looked roughly 176 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 217Barred spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 151Barred spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 239Spiral16 million ly
apartNGC 279Lenticular21 million ly
apartNGC 187Barred spiral22 million ly
apartNGC 207Spiral22 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 151Barred spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 239Spiral16 million ly
apartNGC 279Lenticular21 million ly
apartNGC 187Barred spiral22 million ly
apartNGC 207Spiral22 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).