NGC 109
NGC 109
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sa
257 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
78k ly
across
13.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 257 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 109 as it looked roughly 257 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
IC 1552Spiral5.6 million ly
apartNGC 85Lenticular5.9 million ly
apartNGC 79Elliptical6.4 million ly
apartNGC 86Lenticular7.1 million ly
apartIC 1545Galaxy7.8 million ly
apartNGC 93Spiral8.0 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 85Lenticular5.9 million ly
apartNGC 79Elliptical6.4 million ly
apartNGC 86Lenticular7.1 million ly
apartIC 1545Galaxy7.8 million ly
apartNGC 93Spiral8.0 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).