NGC 181
NGC 181
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
258 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
65k ly
across
15.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 258 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 181 as it looked roughly 258 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 233Elliptical8.2 million ly
apartNGC 183Elliptical11 million ly
apartNGC 184Spiral13 million ly
apartIC 46Elliptical15 million ly
apartNGC 296Barred spiral19 million ly
apartNGC 287Lenticular20 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 183Elliptical11 million ly
apartNGC 184Spiral13 million ly
apartIC 46Elliptical15 million ly
apartNGC 296Barred spiral19 million ly
apartNGC 287Lenticular20 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).