NGC 131
NGC 131
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBb
67 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
35k ly
across
13.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 67 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 131 as it looked roughly 67 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 1555Spiral6.6 million ly
apartNGC 134Spiral7.2 million ly
apartNGC 7Spiral7.5 million ly
apartNGC 254Lenticular8.0 million ly
apartNGC 150Barred spiral9.3 million ly
apartIC 1558Spiral11 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 134Spiral7.2 million ly
apartNGC 7Spiral7.5 million ly
apartNGC 254Lenticular8.0 million ly
apartNGC 150Barred spiral9.3 million ly
apartIC 1558Spiral11 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).