NGC 99
NGC 99
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sc
247 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
76k ly
across
13.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 247 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 99 as it looked roughly 247 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 57Elliptical13 million ly
apartNGC 105Spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 52Barred spiral16 million ly
apartIC 4Spiral19 million ly
apartNGC 213Spiral20 million ly
apartIC 7Lenticular23 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 105Spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 52Barred spiral16 million ly
apartIC 4Spiral19 million ly
apartNGC 213Spiral20 million ly
apartIC 7Lenticular23 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).