NGC 31
NGC 31
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sc
447 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
152k ly
across
14.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 447 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 31 as it looked roughly 447 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 25Elliptical1,000,000 ly
apartNGC 28Elliptical1.8 million ly
apartNGC 37Lenticular8.1 million ly
apartNGC 7652Spiral54 million ly
apartNGC 159Lenticular57 million ly
apartNGC 212Elliptical66 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 28Elliptical1.8 million ly
apartNGC 37Lenticular8.1 million ly
apartNGC 7652Spiral54 million ly
apartNGC 159Lenticular57 million ly
apartNGC 212Elliptical66 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).