NGC 200
NGC 200
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sbc
240 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
126k ly
across
12.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 240 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 200 as it looked roughly 240 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 194Elliptical1.1 million ly
apartNGC 208Spiral2.1 million ly
apartNGC 182Spiral4.0 million ly
apartNGC 203Lenticular5.1 million ly
apartNGC 198Spiral5.3 million ly
apartIC 40Barred spiral13 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 208Spiral2.1 million ly
apartNGC 182Spiral4.0 million ly
apartNGC 203Lenticular5.1 million ly
apartNGC 198Spiral5.3 million ly
apartIC 40Barred spiral13 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).