NGC 314
NGC 314
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
265 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
77k ly
across
14.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 265 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 314 as it looked roughly 265 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 418Spiral16 million ly
apartNGC 441Lenticular17 million ly
apartNGC 439Elliptical17 million ly
apartNGC 461Spiral22 million ly
apartIC 1616Barred spiral22 million ly
apartIC 1637Barred spiral24 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 441Lenticular17 million ly
apartNGC 439Elliptical17 million ly
apartNGC 461Spiral22 million ly
apartIC 1616Barred spiral22 million ly
apartIC 1637Barred spiral24 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).