NGC 102
NGC 102
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
346 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
95k ly
across
14.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 346 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 102 as it looked roughly 346 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 135Elliptical11 million ly
apartIC 20Lenticular17 million ly
apartNGC 73Spiral19 million ly
apartIC 27Galaxy22 million ly
apartIC 36Galaxy30 million ly
apartNGC 154Elliptical32 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 20Lenticular17 million ly
apartNGC 73Spiral19 million ly
apartIC 27Galaxy22 million ly
apartIC 36Galaxy30 million ly
apartNGC 154Elliptical32 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).