NGC 119
NGC 119
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E-S0
344 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
120k ly
across
15.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 344 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 119 as it looked roughly 344 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 328Barred spiral35 million ly
apartNGC 323Elliptical40 million ly
apartNGC 215Elliptical45 million ly
apartNGC 212Elliptical46 million ly
apartNGC 312Elliptical47 million ly
apartIC 1615Barred spiral51 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 323Elliptical40 million ly
apartNGC 215Elliptical45 million ly
apartNGC 212Elliptical46 million ly
apartNGC 312Elliptical47 million ly
apartIC 1615Barred spiral51 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).