NGC 185

NGC 185 — galaxy, shown live in Cosmoscope, a real-time 3D map of the universe.

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

Seeing NGC 185 in real time

NGC 185 is placed at its true position on the sky and at its real measured distance, not as a flat backdrop. Fly out from the Sun in the live 3D view and watch it change from a point of light into structure as you approach, with the scale bar showing just how far out you have travelled.

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