NGC 159
NGC 159
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
396 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
161k ly
across
14.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 396 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 159 as it looked roughly 396 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 212Elliptical9.7 million ly
apartNGC 215Elliptical12 million ly
apartNGC 348Barred spiral36 million ly
apartNGC 312Elliptical37 million ly
apartNGC 238Barred spiral42 million ly
apartNGC 323Elliptical44 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 215Elliptical12 million ly
apartNGC 348Barred spiral36 million ly
apartNGC 312Elliptical37 million ly
apartNGC 238Barred spiral42 million ly
apartNGC 323Elliptical44 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).