NGC 889
NGC 889
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
245 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
88k ly
across
14.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 245 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 889 as it looked roughly 245 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 862Elliptical5.3 million ly
apartIC 1796Elliptical8.5 million ly
apartNGC 954Barred spiral9.0 million ly
apartNGC 893Spiral9.9 million ly
apartIC 1812Elliptical10 million ly
apartNGC 822Elliptical11 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 1796Elliptical8.5 million ly
apartNGC 954Barred spiral9.0 million ly
apartNGC 893Spiral9.9 million ly
apartIC 1812Elliptical10 million ly
apartNGC 822Elliptical11 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).