NGC 928
NGC 928
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sa
239 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
62k ly
across
14.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 239 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 928 as it looked roughly 239 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 903Galaxy5.0 million ly
apartIC 221Spiral6.8 million ly
apartNGC 904Elliptical13 million ly
apartNGC 940Lenticular19 million ly
apartNGC 931Barred spiral20 million ly
apartNGC 953Elliptical20 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 221Spiral6.8 million ly
apartNGC 904Elliptical13 million ly
apartNGC 940Lenticular19 million ly
apartNGC 931Barred spiral20 million ly
apartNGC 953Elliptical20 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).