NGC 204
NGC 204
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
254 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
103k ly
across
13.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 254 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 204 as it looked roughly 254 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
IC 40Barred spiral3.8 million ly
apartNGC 198Spiral8.4 million ly
apartNGC 203Lenticular8.9 million ly
apartNGC 182Spiral10 million ly
apartNGC 236Spiral10 million ly
apartNGC 219Elliptical11 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 198Spiral8.4 million ly
apartNGC 203Lenticular8.9 million ly
apartNGC 182Spiral10 million ly
apartNGC 236Spiral10 million ly
apartNGC 219Elliptical11 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).