NGC 912
NGC 912
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
205 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
47k ly
across
14.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 205 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 912 as it looked roughly 205 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 1000Elliptical8.9 million ly
apartNGC 1005Elliptical9.9 million ly
apartNGC 999Spiral10 million ly
apartNGC 906Spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 996Elliptical13 million ly
apartNGC 1001Spiral16 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 1005Elliptical9.9 million ly
apartNGC 999Spiral10 million ly
apartNGC 906Spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 996Elliptical13 million ly
apartNGC 1001Spiral16 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).