NGC 149
NGC 149
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
223 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
59k ly
across
15.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 223 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 149 as it looked roughly 223 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 108Lenticular8.9 million ly
apartIC 43Spiral9.1 million ly
apartNGC 97Elliptical10 million ly
apartNGC 226Elliptical11 million ly
apartNGC 243Lenticular11 million ly
apartNGC 266Spiral15 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 43Spiral9.1 million ly
apartNGC 97Elliptical10 million ly
apartNGC 226Elliptical11 million ly
apartNGC 243Lenticular11 million ly
apartNGC 266Spiral15 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).