NGC 297
NGC 297
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
709 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
72k ly
across
16.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 709 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 297 as it looked roughly 709 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 1602Elliptical65 million ly
apartIC 99Spiral110 million ly
apartIC 32Lenticular110 million ly
apartIC 33Galaxy120 million ly
apartIC 118Elliptical120 million ly
apartIC 108Spiral120 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 99Spiral110 million ly
apartIC 32Lenticular110 million ly
apartIC 33Galaxy120 million ly
apartIC 118Elliptical120 million ly
apartIC 108Spiral120 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).