NGC 191A
NGC 191A
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
285 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
72k ly
across
14.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 285 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 191A as it looked roughly 285 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 191Spiral1.6 million ly
apartIC 48Lenticular7.0 million ly
apartIC 50Elliptical9.7 million ly
apartNGC 155Lenticular11 million ly
apartNGC 163Elliptical11 million ly
apartIC 22Lenticular12 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 48Lenticular7.0 million ly
apartIC 50Elliptical9.7 million ly
apartNGC 155Lenticular11 million ly
apartNGC 163Elliptical11 million ly
apartIC 22Lenticular12 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).