NGC 890
NGC 890
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E-S0
193 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
62k ly
across
11.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 193 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 890 as it looked roughly 193 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 1061Barred spiral16 million ly
apartNGC 974Spiral18 million ly
apartNGC 1050Barred spiral19 million ly
apartNGC 969Lenticular19 million ly
apartNGC 968Elliptical19 million ly
apartNGC 1066Elliptical20 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 974Spiral18 million ly
apartNGC 1050Barred spiral19 million ly
apartNGC 969Lenticular19 million ly
apartNGC 968Elliptical19 million ly
apartNGC 1066Elliptical20 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).