NGC 980
NGC 980
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
270 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
129k ly
across
14.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 270 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 980 as it looked roughly 270 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 982Spiral340,000 ly
apartNGC 946Lenticular8.4 million ly
apartNGC 923Spiral9.3 million ly
apartNGC 937Spiral9.4 million ly
apartNGC 911Elliptical12 million ly
apartNGC 914Spiral15 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 946Lenticular8.4 million ly
apartNGC 923Spiral9.3 million ly
apartNGC 937Spiral9.4 million ly
apartNGC 911Elliptical12 million ly
apartNGC 914Spiral15 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).