NGC 279
NGC 279
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
181 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
74k ly
across
14.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 181 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 279 as it looked roughly 181 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 307Lenticular6.8 million ly
apartNGC 239Spiral9.4 million ly
apartNGC 271Spiral10 million ly
apartNGC 259Barred spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 245Barred spiral12 million ly
apartIC 81Elliptical15 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 239Spiral9.4 million ly
apartNGC 271Spiral10 million ly
apartNGC 259Barred spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 245Barred spiral12 million ly
apartIC 81Elliptical15 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).