NGC 276
NGC 276
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · SABb
645 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
206k ly
across
15.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 645 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 276 as it looked roughly 645 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 417Elliptical80 million ly
apartIC 86Lenticular92 million ly
apartIC 1600Barred spiral99 million ly
apartIC 79Elliptical100 million ly
apartIC 82Lenticular110 million ly
apartNGC 377Barred spiral110 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 86Lenticular92 million ly
apartIC 1600Barred spiral99 million ly
apartIC 79Elliptical100 million ly
apartIC 82Lenticular110 million ly
apartNGC 377Barred spiral110 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).