NGC 904
NGC 904
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
251 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
106k ly
across
15.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 251 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 904 as it looked roughly 251 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 928Spiral13 million ly
apartIC 221Spiral16 million ly
apartNGC 903Galaxy16 million ly
apartNGC 917Spiral20 million ly
apartNGC 940Lenticular22 million ly
apartIC 1809Barred spiral23 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 221Spiral16 million ly
apartNGC 903Galaxy16 million ly
apartNGC 917Spiral20 million ly
apartNGC 940Lenticular22 million ly
apartIC 1809Barred spiral23 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).