NGC 239
NGC 239
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sab
175 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
48k ly
across
14.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 175 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 239 as it looked roughly 175 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 279Lenticular9.4 million ly
apartNGC 114Lenticular15 million ly
apartNGC 270Lenticular16 million ly
apartNGC 307Lenticular16 million ly
apartNGC 259Barred spiral16 million ly
apartNGC 271Spiral18 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 114Lenticular15 million ly
apartNGC 270Lenticular16 million ly
apartNGC 307Lenticular16 million ly
apartNGC 259Barred spiral16 million ly
apartNGC 271Spiral18 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).