NGC 921
NGC 921
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBc
318 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
116k ly
across
15.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 318 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 921 as it looked roughly 318 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 902Barred spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 965Barred spiral18 million ly
apartIC 252Lenticular32 million ly
apartIC 251Elliptical34 million ly
apartNGC 1065Elliptical34 million ly
apartNGC 989Lenticular35 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 965Barred spiral18 million ly
apartIC 252Lenticular32 million ly
apartIC 251Elliptical34 million ly
apartNGC 1065Elliptical34 million ly
apartNGC 989Lenticular35 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).