NGC 135
NGC 135
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E-S0
347 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
67k ly
across
15.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 347 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 135 as it looked roughly 347 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 102Lenticular11 million ly
apartIC 20Lenticular15 million ly
apartIC 27Galaxy19 million ly
apartNGC 73Spiral27 million ly
apartIC 36Galaxy27 million ly
apartNGC 154Elliptical27 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 20Lenticular15 million ly
apartIC 27Galaxy19 million ly
apartNGC 73Spiral27 million ly
apartIC 36Galaxy27 million ly
apartNGC 154Elliptical27 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).