NGC 304
NGC 304
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
231 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
79k ly
across
12.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 231 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 304 as it looked roughly 231 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 354Barred spiral15 million ly
apartNGC 252Lenticular16 million ly
apartIC 1584Spiral19 million ly
apartNGC 260Spiral20 million ly
apartNGC 169ALenticular21 million ly
apartNGC 214Spiral23 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 252Lenticular16 million ly
apartIC 1584Spiral19 million ly
apartNGC 260Spiral20 million ly
apartNGC 169ALenticular21 million ly
apartNGC 214Spiral23 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).