NGC 229
NGC 229
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
342 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
107k ly
across
14.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 342 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 229 as it looked roughly 342 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 228Spiral360,000 ly
apartIC 1585Lenticular6.3 million ly
apartIC 1583Lenticular7.1 million ly
apartIC 1542Galaxy32 million ly
apartNGC 76Elliptical50 million ly
apartNGC 74Barred spiral51 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 1585Lenticular6.3 million ly
apartIC 1583Lenticular7.1 million ly
apartIC 1542Galaxy32 million ly
apartNGC 76Elliptical50 million ly
apartNGC 74Barred spiral51 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).