NGC 101
NGC 101
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · SABc
158 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
89k ly
across
12.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 158 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 101 as it looked roughly 158 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 174Lenticular13 million ly
apartIC 1608Lenticular22 million ly
apartIC 1553Spiral28 million ly
apartNGC 7755Spiral28 million ly
apartNGC 324Lenticular30 million ly
apartNGC 172Barred spiral31 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 1608Lenticular22 million ly
apartIC 1553Spiral28 million ly
apartNGC 7755Spiral28 million ly
apartNGC 324Lenticular30 million ly
apartNGC 172Barred spiral31 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).