NGC 295
NGC 295
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Galaxy
morphology
216 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
37k ly
across
15.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 216 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 295 as it looked roughly 216 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
IC 1618Lenticular7.0 million ly
apartNGC 338Spiral7.8 million ly
apartIC 1619Lenticular8.5 million ly
apartNGC 266Spiral8.5 million ly
apartIC 66Spiral8.8 million ly
apartNGC 392Elliptical9.3 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 338Spiral7.8 million ly
apartIC 1619Lenticular8.5 million ly
apartNGC 266Spiral8.5 million ly
apartIC 66Spiral8.8 million ly
apartNGC 392Elliptical9.3 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).