NGC 182
NGC 182
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · SABa
244 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
132k ly
across
12.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 244 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 182 as it looked roughly 244 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 198Spiral2.1 million ly
apartNGC 194Elliptical3.2 million ly
apartNGC 203Lenticular3.5 million ly
apartNGC 200Barred spiral4.0 million ly
apartNGC 208Spiral6.0 million ly
apartIC 40Barred spiral9.1 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 194Elliptical3.2 million ly
apartNGC 203Lenticular3.5 million ly
apartNGC 200Barred spiral4.0 million ly
apartNGC 208Spiral6.0 million ly
apartIC 40Barred spiral9.1 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).