NGC 154
NGC 154
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
373 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
110k ly
across
15.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 373 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 154 as it looked roughly 373 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 20Lenticular16 million ly
apartNGC 135Elliptical27 million ly
apartNGC 102Lenticular32 million ly
apartNGC 73Spiral32 million ly
apartNGC 116Lenticular37 million ly
apartIC 27Galaxy46 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 135Elliptical27 million ly
apartNGC 102Lenticular32 million ly
apartNGC 73Spiral32 million ly
apartNGC 116Lenticular37 million ly
apartIC 27Galaxy46 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).