NGC 946
NGC 946
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
266 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
110k ly
across
14.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 266 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 946 as it looked roughly 266 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 937Spiral1.3 million ly
apartNGC 923Spiral2.9 million ly
apartNGC 911Elliptical5.0 million ly
apartNGC 980Lenticular8.4 million ly
apartNGC 914Spiral8.7 million ly
apartNGC 982Spiral8.7 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 923Spiral2.9 million ly
apartNGC 911Elliptical5.0 million ly
apartNGC 980Lenticular8.4 million ly
apartNGC 914Spiral8.7 million ly
apartNGC 982Spiral8.7 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).