NGC 870
NGC 870
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Galaxy
morphology
794 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
85k ly
across
16.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 794 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 870 as it looked roughly 794 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 1841Barred spiral170 million ly
apartIC 1829Elliptical180 million ly
apartIC 222Spiral180 million ly
apartNGC 475Elliptical190 million ly
apartIC 1777Elliptical200 million ly
apartIC 1695Elliptical200 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 1829Elliptical180 million ly
apartIC 222Spiral180 million ly
apartNGC 475Elliptical190 million ly
apartIC 1777Elliptical200 million ly
apartIC 1695Elliptical200 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).