NGC 317A
NGC 317A
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sa
248 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
87k ly
across
13.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 248 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 317A as it looked roughly 248 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 317BBarred spiral5.3 million ly
apartNGC 389Lenticular20 million ly
apartNGC 590Barred spiral31 million ly
apartNGC 605Lenticular33 million ly
apartNGC 551Barred spiral38 million ly
apartIC 1535Barred spiral38 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 389Lenticular20 million ly
apartNGC 590Barred spiral31 million ly
apartNGC 605Lenticular33 million ly
apartNGC 551Barred spiral38 million ly
apartIC 1535Barred spiral38 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).