NGC 81
NGC 81
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Galaxy
morphology
286 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
34k ly
across
16.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 286 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 81 as it looked roughly 286 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 96Elliptical2.9 million ly
apartIC 1541Lenticular9.9 million ly
apartNGC 94Galaxy10 million ly
apartNGC 42Elliptical12 million ly
apartNGC 83Elliptical14 million ly
apartNGC 85BBarred spiral14 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 1541Lenticular9.9 million ly
apartNGC 94Galaxy10 million ly
apartNGC 42Elliptical12 million ly
apartNGC 83Elliptical14 million ly
apartNGC 85BBarred spiral14 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).