NGC 860
NGC 860
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
411 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
75k ly
across
15.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 411 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 860 as it looked roughly 411 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 861Barred spiral47 million ly
apartNGC 915Elliptical51 million ly
apartNGC 916Lenticular52 million ly
apartNGC 900Lenticular56 million ly
apartNGC 970 NED02Galaxy58 million ly
apartNGC 901Elliptical63 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 915Elliptical51 million ly
apartNGC 916Lenticular52 million ly
apartNGC 900Lenticular56 million ly
apartNGC 970 NED02Galaxy58 million ly
apartNGC 901Elliptical63 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).