NGC 900
NGC 900
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
455 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
122k ly
across
15.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 455 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 900 as it looked roughly 455 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 916Lenticular7.3 million ly
apartNGC 915Elliptical8.0 million ly
apartNGC 901Elliptical8.6 million ly
apartNGC 919Spiral29 million ly
apartIC 1803Elliptical30 million ly
apartIC 1802Elliptical30 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 915Elliptical8.0 million ly
apartNGC 901Elliptical8.6 million ly
apartNGC 919Spiral29 million ly
apartIC 1803Elliptical30 million ly
apartIC 1802Elliptical30 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).