NGC 197
NGC 197
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
199 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
54k ly
across
13.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 199 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 197 as it looked roughly 199 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 196Lenticular1,000,000 ly
apartNGC 192Spiral3.6 million ly
apartNGC 170Elliptical4.2 million ly
apartNGC 237Spiral5.6 million ly
apartNGC 201Spiral5.6 million ly
apartNGC 173Spiral7.5 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 192Spiral3.6 million ly
apartNGC 170Elliptical4.2 million ly
apartNGC 237Spiral5.6 million ly
apartNGC 201Spiral5.6 million ly
apartNGC 173Spiral7.5 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).