NGC 184
NGC 184
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sab
245 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
52k ly
across
15.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 245 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 184 as it looked roughly 245 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 183Elliptical2.5 million ly
apartIC 46Elliptical11 million ly
apartNGC 233Elliptical11 million ly
apartNGC 260Spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 181Lenticular13 million ly
apartNGC 252Lenticular17 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 46Elliptical11 million ly
apartNGC 233Elliptical11 million ly
apartNGC 260Spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 181Lenticular13 million ly
apartNGC 252Lenticular17 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).