NGC 114
NGC 114
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
172 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
49k ly
across
14.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 172 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 114 as it looked roughly 172 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 239Spiral15 million ly
apartNGC 120Lenticular18 million ly
apartNGC 124Spiral19 million ly
apartNGC 279Lenticular21 million ly
apartNGC 127Lenticular23 million ly
apartIC 1528Barred spiral24 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 120Lenticular18 million ly
apartNGC 124Spiral19 million ly
apartNGC 279Lenticular21 million ly
apartNGC 127Lenticular23 million ly
apartIC 1528Barred spiral24 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).