NGC 170
NGC 170
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E-S0
199 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
41k ly
across
15.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 199 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 170 as it looked roughly 199 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 197Lenticular4.2 million ly
apartNGC 196Lenticular4.5 million ly
apartNGC 192Spiral5.0 million ly
apartNGC 173Spiral5.4 million ly
apartNGC 193Elliptical5.5 million ly
apartNGC 201Spiral6.4 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 196Lenticular4.5 million ly
apartNGC 192Spiral5.0 million ly
apartNGC 173Spiral5.4 million ly
apartNGC 193Elliptical5.5 million ly
apartNGC 201Spiral6.4 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).