NGC 160
NGC 160
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
245 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
141k ly
across
12.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 245 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 160 as it looked roughly 245 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
IC 46Elliptical16 million ly
apartNGC 90Spiral16 million ly
apartNGC 93Spiral17 million ly
apartNGC 109Spiral18 million ly
apartNGC 79Elliptical20 million ly
apartNGC 260Spiral20 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 90Spiral16 million ly
apartNGC 93Spiral17 million ly
apartNGC 109Spiral18 million ly
apartNGC 79Elliptical20 million ly
apartNGC 260Spiral20 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).