NGC 1924
NGC 1924
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBbc
118 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
55k ly
across
12.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 118 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 1924 as it looked roughly 118 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 1889Elliptical13 million ly
apartNGC 1843Spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 1888Barred spiral17 million ly
apartNGC 2110Elliptical18 million ly
apartNGC 1784Spiral20 million ly
apartNGC 1681Barred spiral22 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 1843Spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 1888Barred spiral17 million ly
apartNGC 2110Elliptical18 million ly
apartNGC 1784Spiral20 million ly
apartNGC 1681Barred spiral22 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).