NGC 117
NGC 117
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
251 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
73k ly
across
15.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 251 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 117 as it looked roughly 251 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 132Spiral5.8 million ly
apartNGC 125Lenticular7.6 million ly
apartNGC 78BLenticular8.8 million ly
apartIC 40Barred spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 182Spiral15 million ly
apartNGC 198Spiral16 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 125Lenticular7.6 million ly
apartNGC 78BLenticular8.8 million ly
apartIC 40Barred spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 182Spiral15 million ly
apartNGC 198Spiral16 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).