NGC 191
NGC 191
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sc
283 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
82k ly
across
13.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 283 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 191 as it looked roughly 283 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 191ALenticular1.6 million ly
apartIC 48Lenticular7.0 million ly
apartIC 50Elliptical9.2 million ly
apartNGC 163Elliptical9.8 million ly
apartNGC 165Barred spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 155Lenticular12 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 48Lenticular7.0 million ly
apartIC 50Elliptical9.2 million ly
apartNGC 163Elliptical9.8 million ly
apartNGC 165Barred spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 155Lenticular12 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).