NGC 88
NGC 88
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
162 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
40k ly
across
14.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 162 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 88 as it looked roughly 162 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 87Irregular3.0 million ly
apartNGC 92Spiral4.7 million ly
apartNGC 89Lenticular17 million ly
apartNGC 7796Elliptical22 million ly
apartNGC 324Lenticular28 million ly
apartIC 5328Elliptical30 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 92Spiral4.7 million ly
apartNGC 89Lenticular17 million ly
apartNGC 7796Elliptical22 million ly
apartNGC 324Lenticular28 million ly
apartIC 5328Elliptical30 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).