NGC 151
NGC 151
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sbc
175 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
191k ly
across
11.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 175 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 151 as it looked roughly 175 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 217Barred spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 270Lenticular13 million ly
apartNGC 187Barred spiral18 million ly
apartNGC 207Spiral19 million ly
apartIC 41Galaxy19 million ly
apartNGC 239Spiral20 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 270Lenticular13 million ly
apartNGC 187Barred spiral18 million ly
apartNGC 207Spiral19 million ly
apartIC 41Galaxy19 million ly
apartNGC 239Spiral20 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).