NGC 85
NGC 85
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
257 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
52k ly
across
15.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 257 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 85 as it looked roughly 257 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 79Elliptical1.1 million ly
apartNGC 86Lenticular3.7 million ly
apartNGC 109Spiral5.9 million ly
apartIC 1545Galaxy6.3 million ly
apartNGC 93Spiral6.3 million ly
apartIC 1543Barred spiral7.2 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 86Lenticular3.7 million ly
apartNGC 109Spiral5.9 million ly
apartIC 1545Galaxy6.3 million ly
apartNGC 93Spiral6.3 million ly
apartIC 1543Barred spiral7.2 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).