NGC 39
NGC 39
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sc
226 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
72k ly
across
14.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 226 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 39 as it looked roughly 226 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 43Lenticular3.3 million ly
apartNGC 19Barred spiral7.9 million ly
apartNGC 7819Barred spiral9.2 million ly
apartNGC 7806Spiral9.2 million ly
apartNGC 7805Lenticular9.3 million ly
apartNGC 7836Elliptical9.9 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 19Barred spiral7.9 million ly
apartNGC 7819Barred spiral9.2 million ly
apartNGC 7806Spiral9.2 million ly
apartNGC 7805Lenticular9.3 million ly
apartNGC 7836Elliptical9.9 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).