NGC 962
NGC 962
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E-S0
216 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
92k ly
across
14.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 216 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 962 as it looked roughly 216 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 953Elliptical7.7 million ly
apartIC 1815Lenticular17 million ly
apartNGC 931Barred spiral18 million ly
apartNGC 978BLenticular19 million ly
apartNGC 978AElliptical19 million ly
apartNGC 969Lenticular19 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 1815Lenticular17 million ly
apartNGC 931Barred spiral18 million ly
apartNGC 978BLenticular19 million ly
apartNGC 978AElliptical19 million ly
apartNGC 969Lenticular19 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).