NGC 317B
NGC 317B
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBbc
253 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
71k ly
across
13.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 253 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 317B as it looked roughly 253 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 317ASpiral5.3 million ly
apartNGC 389Lenticular21 million ly
apartNGC 590Barred spiral34 million ly
apartNGC 477Spiral34 million ly
apartNGC 605Lenticular35 million ly
apartNGC 393Elliptical37 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 389Lenticular21 million ly
apartNGC 590Barred spiral34 million ly
apartNGC 477Spiral34 million ly
apartNGC 605Lenticular35 million ly
apartNGC 393Elliptical37 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).