NGC 195
NGC 195
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sa
228 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
81k ly
across
13.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 228 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 195 as it looked roughly 228 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 273Lenticular16 million ly
apartIC 16Lenticular19 million ly
apartNGC 321Elliptical24 million ly
apartNGC 341Barred spiral25 million ly
apartNGC 277Elliptical29 million ly
apartNGC 345Spiral30 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 16Lenticular19 million ly
apartNGC 321Elliptical24 million ly
apartNGC 341Barred spiral25 million ly
apartNGC 277Elliptical29 million ly
apartNGC 345Spiral30 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).