NGC 941
NGC 941
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · SABc
75 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
41k ly
across
12.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 75 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 941 as it looked roughly 75 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 955Spiral4.8 million ly
apartIC 225Elliptical4.9 million ly
apartNGC 1087Spiral7.4 million ly
apartNGC 963Irregular7.9 million ly
apartNGC 991Spiral8.5 million ly
apartIC 1870Spiral10 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 225Elliptical4.9 million ly
apartNGC 1087Spiral7.4 million ly
apartNGC 963Irregular7.9 million ly
apartNGC 991Spiral8.5 million ly
apartIC 1870Spiral10 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).