NGC 180
NGC 180
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sc
247 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
158k ly
across
14.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 247 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 180 as it looked roughly 247 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 34Barred spiral3.3 million ly
apartNGC 137Lenticular10 million ly
apartNGC 250Lenticular11 million ly
apartNGC 257Spiral11 million ly
apartIC 1564Spiral11 million ly
apartIC 55Spiral15 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 137Lenticular10 million ly
apartNGC 250Lenticular11 million ly
apartNGC 257Spiral11 million ly
apartIC 1564Spiral11 million ly
apartIC 55Spiral15 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).