NGC 907
NGC 907
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBd
77 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
50k ly
across
12.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 77 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 907 as it looked roughly 77 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
IC 223Irregular3.2 million ly
apartNGC 899Irregular4.0 million ly
apartNGC 908Spiral7.3 million ly
apartNGC 814Lenticular7.8 million ly
apartNGC 1034Irregular12 million ly
apartNGC 723Barred spiral12 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 899Irregular4.0 million ly
apartNGC 908Spiral7.3 million ly
apartNGC 814Lenticular7.8 million ly
apartNGC 1034Irregular12 million ly
apartNGC 723Barred spiral12 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).