NGC 28
NGC 28
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
449 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
120k ly
across
15.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 449 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 28 as it looked roughly 449 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 31Spiral1.8 million ly
apartNGC 25Elliptical2.6 million ly
apartNGC 37Lenticular6.4 million ly
apartNGC 7652Spiral53 million ly
apartNGC 159Lenticular59 million ly
apartNGC 212Elliptical68 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 25Elliptical2.6 million ly
apartNGC 37Lenticular6.4 million ly
apartNGC 7652Spiral53 million ly
apartNGC 159Lenticular59 million ly
apartNGC 212Elliptical68 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).