NGC 15
NGC 15
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sa
294 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
92k ly
across
15.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 294 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 15 as it looked roughly 294 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 83Elliptical16 million ly
apartNGC 42Elliptical17 million ly
apartNGC 81Galaxy17 million ly
apartNGC 96Elliptical17 million ly
apartNGC 41Spiral19 million ly
apartIC 1541Lenticular22 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 42Elliptical17 million ly
apartNGC 81Galaxy17 million ly
apartNGC 96Elliptical17 million ly
apartNGC 41Spiral19 million ly
apartIC 1541Lenticular22 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).