NGC 144
NGC 144
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sc
379 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
90k ly
across
14.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 379 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 144 as it looked roughly 379 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 143Barred spiral4.2 million ly
apartNGC 142Barred spiral4.5 million ly
apartNGC 66Barred spiral31 million ly
apartNGC 65Elliptical41 million ly
apartNGC 73Spiral54 million ly
apartNGC 7807Barred spiral57 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 142Barred spiral4.5 million ly
apartNGC 66Barred spiral31 million ly
apartNGC 65Elliptical41 million ly
apartNGC 73Spiral54 million ly
apartNGC 7807Barred spiral57 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).