NGC 134
NGC 134
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · SABb
74 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
181k ly
across
10.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 74 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 134 as it looked roughly 74 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 1555Spiral4.7 million ly
apartNGC 148Lenticular5.0 million ly
apartNGC 254Lenticular5.3 million ly
apartNGC 289Barred spiral7.0 million ly
apartIC 1554Lenticular7.1 million ly
apartNGC 150Barred spiral7.1 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 148Lenticular5.0 million ly
apartNGC 254Lenticular5.3 million ly
apartNGC 289Barred spiral7.0 million ly
apartIC 1554Lenticular7.1 million ly
apartNGC 150Barred spiral7.1 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).