NGC 113
NGC 113
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E-S0
203 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
72k ly
across
14.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 203 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 113 as it looked roughly 203 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 124Spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 120Lenticular13 million ly
apartNGC 145Spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 192Spiral16 million ly
apartNGC 201Spiral16 million ly
apartNGC 197Lenticular17 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 120Lenticular13 million ly
apartNGC 145Spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 192Spiral16 million ly
apartNGC 201Spiral16 million ly
apartNGC 197Lenticular17 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).