NGC 169
NGC 169
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sab
213 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
95k ly
across
13.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 213 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 169 as it looked roughly 213 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 214Spiral6.8 million ly
apartNGC 169ALenticular6.9 million ly
apartNGC 251Spiral19 million ly
apartIC 1584Spiral19 million ly
apartNGC 26Spiral23 million ly
apartNGC 108Lenticular24 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 169ALenticular6.9 million ly
apartNGC 251Spiral19 million ly
apartIC 1584Spiral19 million ly
apartNGC 26Spiral23 million ly
apartNGC 108Lenticular24 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).