NGC 150
NGC 150
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBb
73 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
76k ly
across
11.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 73 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 150 as it looked roughly 73 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 1555Spiral3.1 million ly
apartIC 1558Spiral3.3 million ly
apartNGC 254Lenticular5.9 million ly
apartNGC 134Spiral7.1 million ly
apartNGC 289Barred spiral7.4 million ly
apartNGC 148Lenticular7.4 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 1558Spiral3.3 million ly
apartNGC 254Lenticular5.9 million ly
apartNGC 134Spiral7.1 million ly
apartNGC 289Barred spiral7.4 million ly
apartNGC 148Lenticular7.4 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).