NGC 171
NGC 171
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sab
182 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
109k ly
across
12.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 182 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 171 as it looked roughly 182 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 209Elliptical5.0 million ly
apartNGC 168Lenticular8.7 million ly
apartNGC 177Spiral8.8 million ly
apartNGC 167Barred spiral11 million ly
apartIC 1561Barred spiral14 million ly
apartIC 1562Barred spiral15 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 168Lenticular8.7 million ly
apartNGC 177Spiral8.8 million ly
apartNGC 167Barred spiral11 million ly
apartIC 1561Barred spiral14 million ly
apartIC 1562Barred spiral15 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).