NGC 65
NGC 65
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E-S0
342 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
102k ly
across
14.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 342 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 65 as it looked roughly 342 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 66Barred spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 142Barred spiral37 million ly
apartNGC 143Barred spiral37 million ly
apartNGC 7807Barred spiral39 million ly
apartNGC 230Spiral39 million ly
apartNGC 235BElliptical39 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 142Barred spiral37 million ly
apartNGC 143Barred spiral37 million ly
apartNGC 7807Barred spiral39 million ly
apartNGC 230Spiral39 million ly
apartNGC 235BElliptical39 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).