NGC 996
NGC 996
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
215 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
81k ly
across
14.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 215 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 996 as it looked roughly 215 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 1001Spiral2.6 million ly
apartNGC 999Spiral4.4 million ly
apartNGC 1040Lenticular8.0 million ly
apartNGC 1000Elliptical8.9 million ly
apartNGC 906Spiral10 million ly
apartNGC 912Lenticular13 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 999Spiral4.4 million ly
apartNGC 1040Lenticular8.0 million ly
apartNGC 1000Elliptical8.9 million ly
apartNGC 906Spiral10 million ly
apartNGC 912Lenticular13 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).