NGC 876
NGC 876
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sc
184 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
71k ly
across
16.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 184 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 876 as it looked roughly 184 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 877Spiral3.5 million ly
apartNGC 882Lenticular4.4 million ly
apartIC 1794Lenticular5.1 million ly
apartNGC 871Barred spiral9.3 million ly
apartIC 1791Lenticular11 million ly
apartIC 192Lenticular13 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 882Lenticular4.4 million ly
apartIC 1794Lenticular5.1 million ly
apartNGC 871Barred spiral9.3 million ly
apartIC 1791Lenticular11 million ly
apartIC 192Lenticular13 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).