NGC 196
NGC 196
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
198 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
73k ly
across
13.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 198 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 196 as it looked roughly 198 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 197Lenticular1,000,000 ly
apartNGC 170Elliptical4.5 million ly
apartNGC 192Spiral4.6 million ly
apartNGC 237Spiral5.2 million ly
apartNGC 201Spiral6.6 million ly
apartNGC 173Spiral8.4 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 170Elliptical4.5 million ly
apartNGC 192Spiral4.6 million ly
apartNGC 237Spiral5.2 million ly
apartNGC 201Spiral6.6 million ly
apartNGC 173Spiral8.4 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).