NGC 881
NGC 881
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · SABc
247 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
164k ly
across
12.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 247 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 881 as it looked roughly 247 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 883Elliptical5.8 million ly
apartIC 219Elliptical10 million ly
apartNGC 809Lenticular18 million ly
apartNGC 790Lenticular20 million ly
apartIC 206Lenticular20 million ly
apartIC 184Barred spiral21 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 219Elliptical10 million ly
apartNGC 809Lenticular18 million ly
apartNGC 790Lenticular20 million ly
apartIC 206Lenticular20 million ly
apartIC 184Barred spiral21 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).