NGC 973
NGC 973
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sb
234 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
223k ly
across
13.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 234 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 973 as it looked roughly 234 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 940Lenticular8.3 million ly
apartNGC 931Barred spiral9.0 million ly
apartIC 1823Spiral9.0 million ly
apartNGC 1060Elliptical11 million ly
apartNGC 978AElliptical14 million ly
apartIC 1815Lenticular15 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 931Barred spiral9.0 million ly
apartIC 1823Spiral9.0 million ly
apartNGC 1060Elliptical11 million ly
apartNGC 978AElliptical14 million ly
apartIC 1815Lenticular15 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).