NGC 988
NGC 988
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sc
71 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
89k ly
across
11.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 71 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 988 as it looked roughly 71 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 1052Elliptical3.0 million ly
apartNGC 991Spiral3.2 million ly
apartNGC 1022Barred spiral4.1 million ly
apartNGC 1140Barred spiral5.9 million ly
apartNGC 1084Spiral6.6 million ly
apartNGC 963Irregular6.8 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 991Spiral3.2 million ly
apartNGC 1022Barred spiral4.1 million ly
apartNGC 1140Barred spiral5.9 million ly
apartNGC 1084Spiral6.6 million ly
apartNGC 963Irregular6.8 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).