NGC 951
NGC 951
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBab
287 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
90k ly
across
15.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 287 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 951 as it looked roughly 287 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 837Barred spiral33 million ly
apartNGC 849Lenticular34 million ly
apartNGC 1124Lenticular39 million ly
apartNGC 965Barred spiral39 million ly
apartNGC 921Barred spiral47 million ly
apartIC 1758Lenticular48 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 849Lenticular34 million ly
apartNGC 1124Lenticular39 million ly
apartNGC 965Barred spiral39 million ly
apartNGC 921Barred spiral47 million ly
apartIC 1758Lenticular48 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).