NGC 194

NGC 194

Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph

Elliptical
type · E
241 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
121k ly
across
12.1
apparent magnitude

Because its light is 241 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 194 as it looked roughly 241 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 200Barred spiral1.1 million ly
apart
NGC 208Spiral3.2 million ly
apart
NGC 182Spiral3.2 million ly
apart
NGC 203Lenticular4.0 million ly
apart
NGC 198Spiral4.5 million ly
apart
IC 40Barred spiral12 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky

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).

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