NGC 161
NGC 161
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
287 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
113k ly
across
14.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 287 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 161 as it looked roughly 287 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 1557Lenticular900,000 ly
apartNGC 106Spiral18 million ly
apartIC 12Barred spiral19 million ly
apartIC 25Lenticular20 million ly
apartIC 1571Barred spiral20 million ly
apartIC 8Elliptical21 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 106Spiral18 million ly
apartIC 12Barred spiral19 million ly
apartIC 25Lenticular20 million ly
apartIC 1571Barred spiral20 million ly
apartIC 8Elliptical21 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).