NGC 105
NGC 105
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sab
241 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
57k ly
across
13.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 241 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 105 as it looked roughly 241 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 137Lenticular14 million ly
apartNGC 99Spiral14 million ly
apartIC 7Lenticular15 million ly
apartNGC 95Spiral15 million ly
apartIC 34Barred spiral20 million ly
apartNGC 180Spiral23 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 99Spiral14 million ly
apartIC 7Lenticular15 million ly
apartNGC 95Spiral15 million ly
apartIC 34Barred spiral20 million ly
apartNGC 180Spiral23 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).