NGC 995
NGC 995
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
187 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
71k ly
across
14.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 187 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 995 as it looked roughly 187 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 1086Spiral5.9 million ly
apartNGC 1005Elliptical15 million ly
apartNGC 1106Lenticular17 million ly
apartNGC 1164Spiral19 million ly
apartNGC 1122Spiral19 million ly
apartNGC 1000Elliptical19 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 1005Elliptical15 million ly
apartNGC 1106Lenticular17 million ly
apartNGC 1164Spiral19 million ly
apartNGC 1122Spiral19 million ly
apartNGC 1000Elliptical19 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).