NGC 873
NGC 873
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sc
189 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
81k ly
across
12.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 189 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 873 as it looked roughly 189 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 848Barred spiral6.1 million ly
apartIC 224Spiral8.9 million ly
apartNGC 835Spiral9.4 million ly
apartNGC 879Irregular9.7 million ly
apartNGC 839Lenticular11 million ly
apartNGC 833Spiral11 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 224Spiral8.9 million ly
apartNGC 835Spiral9.4 million ly
apartNGC 879Irregular9.7 million ly
apartNGC 839Lenticular11 million ly
apartNGC 833Spiral11 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).