NGC 273
NGC 273
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
221 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
126k ly
across
12.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 221 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 273 as it looked roughly 221 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 321Elliptical11 million ly
apartNGC 341Barred spiral15 million ly
apartNGC 195Spiral16 million ly
apartNGC 277Elliptical21 million ly
apartNGC 329Barred spiral26 million ly
apartNGC 345Spiral26 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 341Barred spiral15 million ly
apartNGC 195Spiral16 million ly
apartNGC 277Elliptical21 million ly
apartNGC 329Barred spiral26 million ly
apartNGC 345Spiral26 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).