NGC 864
NGC 864
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · SABc
73 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
79k ly
across
11.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 73 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 864 as it looked roughly 73 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 225Elliptical7.1 million ly
apartNGC 693Lenticular7.9 million ly
apartNGC 676Lenticular8.7 million ly
apartNGC 955Spiral10 million ly
apartNGC 941Spiral10 million ly
apartNGC 821Elliptical11 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 693Lenticular7.9 million ly
apartNGC 676Lenticular8.7 million ly
apartNGC 955Spiral10 million ly
apartNGC 941Spiral10 million ly
apartNGC 821Elliptical11 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).