NGC 145
NGC 145
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sd
194 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
99k ly
across
12.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 194 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 145 as it looked roughly 194 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 124Spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 120Lenticular13 million ly
apartNGC 113Elliptical13 million ly
apartNGC 259Barred spiral16 million ly
apartNGC 245Barred spiral17 million ly
apartNGC 271Spiral19 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 120Lenticular13 million ly
apartNGC 113Elliptical13 million ly
apartNGC 259Barred spiral16 million ly
apartNGC 245Barred spiral17 million ly
apartNGC 271Spiral19 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).