NGC 309
NGC 309
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · SABc
263 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
171k ly
across
12.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 263 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 309 as it looked roughly 263 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 291Barred spiral6.7 million ly
apartNGC 293Barred spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 347Galaxy16 million ly
apartNGC 349Elliptical16 million ly
apartNGC 342Elliptical17 million ly
apartNGC 356Spiral18 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 293Barred spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 347Galaxy16 million ly
apartNGC 349Elliptical16 million ly
apartNGC 342Elliptical17 million ly
apartNGC 356Spiral18 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).