NGC 130
NGC 130
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E-S0
205 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
43k ly
across
14.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 205 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 130 as it looked roughly 205 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 128Lenticular420,000 ly
apartIC 17Elliptical2.8 million ly
apartNGC 173Spiral7.8 million ly
apartNGC 170Elliptical9.4 million ly
apartNGC 126Lenticular10 million ly
apartNGC 193Elliptical11 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 17Elliptical2.8 million ly
apartNGC 173Spiral7.8 million ly
apartNGC 170Elliptical9.4 million ly
apartNGC 126Lenticular10 million ly
apartNGC 193Elliptical11 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).