NGC 882
NGC 882
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
184 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
60k ly
across
14.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 184 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 882 as it looked roughly 184 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 1794Lenticular2.3 million ly
apartNGC 876Spiral4.4 million ly
apartNGC 877Spiral5.6 million ly
apartNGC 871Barred spiral10 million ly
apartIC 192Lenticular13 million ly
apartIC 1791Lenticular14 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 876Spiral4.4 million ly
apartNGC 877Spiral5.6 million ly
apartNGC 871Barred spiral10 million ly
apartIC 192Lenticular13 million ly
apartIC 1791Lenticular14 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).