NGC 1964
NGC 1964
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · SABb
77 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
116k ly
across
10.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 77 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 1964 as it looked roughly 77 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
IC 2137Spiral3.7 million ly
apartNGC 1979Elliptical4.5 million ly
apartNGC 1886Barred spiral6.5 million ly
apartIC 2129Barred spiral7.8 million ly
apartNGC 2131Irregular10 million ly
apartNGC 2139Spiral13 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 1979Elliptical4.5 million ly
apartNGC 1886Barred spiral6.5 million ly
apartIC 2129Barred spiral7.8 million ly
apartNGC 2131Irregular10 million ly
apartNGC 2139Spiral13 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).