NGC 307
NGC 307
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
186 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
87k ly
across
12.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 186 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 307 as it looked roughly 186 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 271Spiral6.7 million ly
apartNGC 279Lenticular6.8 million ly
apartNGC 259Barred spiral8.9 million ly
apartNGC 353Barred spiral9.2 million ly
apartNGC 245Barred spiral10 million ly
apartIC 81Elliptical10 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 279Lenticular6.8 million ly
apartNGC 259Barred spiral8.9 million ly
apartNGC 353Barred spiral9.2 million ly
apartNGC 245Barred spiral10 million ly
apartIC 81Elliptical10 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).