NGC 106
NGC 106
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sc
285 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
77k ly
across
14.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 285 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 106 as it looked roughly 285 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
IC 8Elliptical12 million ly
apartIC 6Elliptical13 million ly
apartIC 12Barred spiral14 million ly
apartIC 1557Lenticular18 million ly
apartNGC 161Lenticular18 million ly
apartNGC 107Barred spiral19 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 6Elliptical13 million ly
apartIC 12Barred spiral14 million ly
apartIC 1557Lenticular18 million ly
apartNGC 161Lenticular18 million ly
apartNGC 107Barred spiral19 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).