NGC 185

NGC 185 — galaxy, explore its interactive 3D model in Cosmoscope.

Explore NGC 185 in an interactive 3D view of space. See its catalogue position, distance and astronomical facts.

A quiet dwarf companion of Andromeda harbouring a Seyfert nucleus — one of the closest active galactic nuclei to the Milky Way.

Type

Dwarf elliptical (dE3)

Distance

2.0 million light-years

Note

A rare active nucleus for a dwarf

Explore NGC 185 in 3D

NGC 185 is placed in three-dimensional space using catalogue coordinates and an adopted astronomical distance. Rotate and zoom to explore the model. Stellar surfaces, gas structure and dust depths may be reconstructed or illustrative, as described in its facts; this is not live imagery from a telescope.