NGC 157
NGC 157
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · SABb
77 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
83k ly
across
13.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 77 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 157 as it looked roughly 77 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 274Elliptical5.8 million ly
apartNGC 255Barred spiral6.8 million ly
apartNGC 275Barred spiral6.9 million ly
apartNGC 210Spiral7.7 million ly
apartNGC 298Spiral8.4 million ly
apartNGC 337Barred spiral8.4 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 255Barred spiral6.8 million ly
apartNGC 275Barred spiral6.9 million ly
apartNGC 210Spiral7.7 million ly
apartNGC 298Spiral8.4 million ly
apartNGC 337Barred spiral8.4 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).