NGC 1889
NGC 1889
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
116 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
21k ly
across
14.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 116 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 1889 as it looked roughly 116 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 1843Spiral7.4 million ly
apartNGC 1784Spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 1888Barred spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 1924Barred spiral13 million ly
apartIC 407Spiral19 million ly
apartNGC 2110Elliptical19 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 1784Spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 1888Barred spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 1924Barred spiral13 million ly
apartIC 407Spiral19 million ly
apartNGC 2110Elliptical19 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).