NGC 1961
NGC 1961
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · SABb
182 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
234k ly
across
11.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 182 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 1961 as it looked roughly 182 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
IC 449Elliptical19 million ly
apartNGC 2258Lenticular23 million ly
apartNGC 1573Elliptical26 million ly
apartNGC 2253Spiral27 million ly
apartIC 2174Barred spiral28 million ly
apartNGC 2314Elliptical28 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 2258Lenticular23 million ly
apartNGC 1573Elliptical26 million ly
apartNGC 2253Spiral27 million ly
apartIC 2174Barred spiral28 million ly
apartNGC 2314Elliptical28 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).