NGC 908
NGC 908
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · SABc
70 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
125k ly
across
10.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 70 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 908 as it looked roughly 70 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 899Irregular3.4 million ly
apartIC 223Irregular4.2 million ly
apartNGC 907Barred spiral7.3 million ly
apartNGC 1034Irregular8.0 million ly
apartNGC 723Barred spiral8.8 million ly
apartIC 1826Lenticular9.5 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 223Irregular4.2 million ly
apartNGC 907Barred spiral7.3 million ly
apartNGC 1034Irregular8.0 million ly
apartNGC 723Barred spiral8.8 million ly
apartIC 1826Lenticular9.5 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).