NGC 112
NGC 112
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sb
294 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
87k ly
across
14.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 294 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 112 as it looked roughly 294 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 140Barred spiral9.6 million ly
apartNGC 67Galaxy13 million ly
apartNGC 69Elliptical22 million ly
apartNGC 71Elliptical22 million ly
apartNGC 72AElliptical27 million ly
apartNGC 68Elliptical29 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 67Galaxy13 million ly
apartNGC 69Elliptical22 million ly
apartNGC 71Elliptical22 million ly
apartNGC 72AElliptical27 million ly
apartNGC 68Elliptical29 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).