NGC 90
NGC 90
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · SABc
249 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
71k ly
across
13.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 249 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 90 as it looked roughly 249 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 93Spiral1.3 million ly
apartNGC 79Elliptical6.7 million ly
apartNGC 85Lenticular7.6 million ly
apartNGC 109Spiral9.1 million ly
apartNGC 86Lenticular11 million ly
apartIC 1545Galaxy13 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 79Elliptical6.7 million ly
apartNGC 85Lenticular7.6 million ly
apartNGC 109Spiral9.1 million ly
apartNGC 86Lenticular11 million ly
apartIC 1545Galaxy13 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).