Galaxy
NGC 300
Also Caldwell 70
A nearly face-on spiral galaxy in the Sculptor Group.
Measured
- Distance
- 6.49 million light-years
- Size
- about 40,000 light-years across (approximate)
- Constellation
- Sculptor
- Position (J2000)
- RA 0h 54m 53s, Dec −37.68°
How far, from the Sun
6.49 million light-years. To cross it:
- Light6.49 million years
- Voyager 1's speed115 billion years
- Driving at 100 km/h70.1 trillion years
Voyager 1 at the speed it moved outward over the year to 2026-10-25 (JPL Horizons). Driving: nonstop, never refuelling.
Facts
- Its Cepheid stars have been used to check the distance scale to nearby galaxies.
- It is moving away from us at about 150 km/s (NASA/IPAC NED).
Where this comes from
- Cosmicflows-3, Tully, Courtois & Sorce 2016, AJ 152, 50 (1.99 Mpc)
- This research has made use of the SIMBAD database, CDS, Strasbourg, France (Wenger et al. 2000, A&AS 143, 9).
- This research has made use of the VizieR catalogue access tool, CDS, Strasbourg, France (DOI: 10.26093/cds/vizier).
Every catalogue Ouranos draws is credited on the credits page.