NGC 85B
NGC 85B
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sbc
272 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
84k ly
across
15.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 272 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 85B as it looked roughly 272 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 94Galaxy3.8 million ly
apartIC 1548Elliptical4.2 million ly
apartIC 1541Lenticular5.3 million ly
apartIC 1544Spiral6.1 million ly
apartIC 1540Barred spiral6.3 million ly
apartNGC 80Elliptical7.0 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 1548Elliptical4.2 million ly
apartIC 1541Lenticular5.3 million ly
apartIC 1544Spiral6.1 million ly
apartIC 1540Barred spiral6.3 million ly
apartNGC 80Elliptical7.0 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).