NGC 108
NGC 108
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
222 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
109k ly
across
13.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 222 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 108 as it looked roughly 222 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 97Elliptical3.9 million ly
apartNGC 149Lenticular8.9 million ly
apartNGC 43Lenticular13 million ly
apartNGC 39Spiral14 million ly
apartIC 43Spiral15 million ly
apartNGC 243Lenticular18 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 149Lenticular8.9 million ly
apartNGC 43Lenticular13 million ly
apartNGC 39Spiral14 million ly
apartIC 43Spiral15 million ly
apartNGC 243Lenticular18 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).