NGC 965
NGC 965
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBc
320 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
88k ly
across
14.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 320 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 965 as it looked roughly 320 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 921Barred spiral18 million ly
apartNGC 902Barred spiral19 million ly
apartNGC 1098Elliptical32 million ly
apartNGC 989Lenticular33 million ly
apartIC 252Lenticular34 million ly
apartNGC 1065Elliptical35 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 902Barred spiral19 million ly
apartNGC 1098Elliptical32 million ly
apartNGC 989Lenticular33 million ly
apartIC 252Lenticular34 million ly
apartNGC 1065Elliptical35 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).