NGC 880
NGC 880
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · S?
582 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
98k ly
across
15.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 582 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 880 as it looked roughly 582 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 204Spiral48 million ly
apartIC 1781Barred spiral55 million ly
apartIC 186ALenticular56 million ly
apartIC 185Spiral64 million ly
apartNGC 985Irregular64 million ly
apartNGC 758Lenticular65 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 1781Barred spiral55 million ly
apartIC 186ALenticular56 million ly
apartIC 185Spiral64 million ly
apartNGC 985Irregular64 million ly
apartNGC 758Lenticular65 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).