NGC 209
NGC 209
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E-S0
184 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
61k ly
across
14.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 184 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 209 as it looked roughly 184 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 171Spiral5.0 million ly
apartNGC 187Barred spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 168Lenticular14 million ly
apartNGC 177Spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 207Spiral14 million ly
apartIC 41Galaxy15 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 187Barred spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 168Lenticular14 million ly
apartNGC 177Spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 207Spiral14 million ly
apartIC 41Galaxy15 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).