NGC 87
NGC 87
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Irregular
type · IB
165 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
41k ly
across
14.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 165 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 87 as it looked roughly 165 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 88Lenticular3.0 million ly
apartNGC 92Spiral7.7 million ly
apartNGC 89Lenticular14 million ly
apartNGC 7796Elliptical23 million ly
apartNGC 324Lenticular29 million ly
apartNGC 454 NED01Elliptical31 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 92Spiral7.7 million ly
apartNGC 89Lenticular14 million ly
apartNGC 7796Elliptical23 million ly
apartNGC 324Lenticular29 million ly
apartNGC 454 NED01Elliptical31 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).