NGC 226
NGC 226
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E-S0
225 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
52k ly
across
14.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 225 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 226 as it looked roughly 225 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 266Spiral8.5 million ly
apartNGC 243Lenticular11 million ly
apartNGC 149Lenticular11 million ly
apartIC 43Spiral12 million ly
apartIC 66Spiral16 million ly
apartNGC 295Galaxy17 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 243Lenticular11 million ly
apartNGC 149Lenticular11 million ly
apartIC 43Spiral12 million ly
apartIC 66Spiral16 million ly
apartNGC 295Galaxy17 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).