NGC 913
NGC 913
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Galaxy
morphology
236 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
42k ly
across
15.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 236 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 913 as it looked roughly 236 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 909Elliptical5.7 million ly
apartNGC 910Elliptical10 million ly
apartNGC 846Barred spiral15 million ly
apartIC 1799Spiral17 million ly
apartNGC 906Spiral18 million ly
apartNGC 898Spiral18 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 910Elliptical10 million ly
apartNGC 846Barred spiral15 million ly
apartIC 1799Spiral17 million ly
apartNGC 906Spiral18 million ly
apartNGC 898Spiral18 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).