NGC 95
NGC 95
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · SABc
252 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
107k ly
across
12.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 252 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 95 as it looked roughly 252 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
IC 7Lenticular3.9 million ly
apartNGC 137Lenticular11 million ly
apartNGC 105Spiral15 million ly
apartIC 34Barred spiral16 million ly
apartIC 13Barred spiral19 million ly
apartNGC 180Spiral19 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 137Lenticular11 million ly
apartNGC 105Spiral15 million ly
apartIC 34Barred spiral16 million ly
apartIC 13Barred spiral19 million ly
apartNGC 180Spiral19 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).