NGC 17
NGC 17
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
279 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
93k ly
across
13.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 279 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 17 as it looked roughly 279 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 35Barred spiral1.4 million ly
apartNGC 7828Spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 7829Lenticular13 million ly
apartIC 18Barred spiral22 million ly
apartIC 23Elliptical25 million ly
apartNGC 47Barred spiral26 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 7828Spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 7829Lenticular13 million ly
apartIC 18Barred spiral22 million ly
apartIC 23Elliptical25 million ly
apartNGC 47Barred spiral26 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).