NGC 990
NGC 990
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
163 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
70k ly
across
12.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 163 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 990 as it looked roughly 163 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 1024Spiral3.1 million ly
apartNGC 1029Lenticular4.6 million ly
apartIC 267Barred spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 1107Lenticular14 million ly
apartNGC 1134Barred spiral14 million ly
apartIC 1790Spiral16 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 1029Lenticular4.6 million ly
apartIC 267Barred spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 1107Lenticular14 million ly
apartNGC 1134Barred spiral14 million ly
apartIC 1790Spiral16 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).