NGC 887
NGC 887
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · SABc
202 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
98k ly
across
13.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 202 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 887 as it looked roughly 202 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 872Barred spiral7.0 million ly
apartIC 224Spiral16 million ly
apartNGC 942Lenticular20 million ly
apartNGC 943Lenticular20 million ly
apartNGC 873Spiral21 million ly
apartIC 245Barred spiral22 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 224Spiral16 million ly
apartNGC 942Lenticular20 million ly
apartNGC 943Lenticular20 million ly
apartNGC 873Spiral21 million ly
apartIC 245Barred spiral22 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).