NGC 118
NGC 118
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
521 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
121k ly
across
14.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 521 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 118 as it looked roughly 521 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 60Spiral42 million ly
apartNGC 141Lenticular72 million ly
apartNGC 138Spiral74 million ly
apartIC 1565Elliptical85 million ly
apartIC 1569Lenticular86 million ly
apartNGC 139Barred spiral89 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 141Lenticular72 million ly
apartNGC 138Spiral74 million ly
apartIC 1565Elliptical85 million ly
apartIC 1569Lenticular86 million ly
apartNGC 139Barred spiral89 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).