NGC 169A
NGC 169A
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
220 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
53k ly
across
13.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 220 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 169A as it looked roughly 220 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 169Spiral6.9 million ly
apartNGC 214Spiral9.5 million ly
apartIC 1584Spiral18 million ly
apartNGC 251Spiral20 million ly
apartNGC 304Lenticular21 million ly
apartNGC 252Lenticular22 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 214Spiral9.5 million ly
apartIC 1584Spiral18 million ly
apartNGC 251Spiral20 million ly
apartNGC 304Lenticular21 million ly
apartNGC 252Lenticular22 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).