NGC 937
NGC 937
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sc
265 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
69k ly
across
15.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 265 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 937 as it looked roughly 265 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 946Lenticular1.3 million ly
apartNGC 923Spiral2.2 million ly
apartNGC 911Elliptical3.8 million ly
apartNGC 914Spiral7.5 million ly
apartNGC 980Lenticular9.4 million ly
apartNGC 982Spiral9.7 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 923Spiral2.2 million ly
apartNGC 911Elliptical3.8 million ly
apartNGC 914Spiral7.5 million ly
apartNGC 980Lenticular9.4 million ly
apartNGC 982Spiral9.7 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).