NGC 148
NGC 148
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
79 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
45k ly
across
12.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 79 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 148 as it looked roughly 79 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
IC 1554Lenticular2.6 million ly
apartNGC 134Spiral5.0 million ly
apartNGC 289Barred spiral6.0 million ly
apartNGC 254Lenticular6.7 million ly
apartIC 1555Spiral6.9 million ly
apartNGC 150Barred spiral7.4 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 134Spiral5.0 million ly
apartNGC 289Barred spiral6.0 million ly
apartNGC 254Lenticular6.7 million ly
apartIC 1555Spiral6.9 million ly
apartNGC 150Barred spiral7.4 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).