NGC 888
NGC 888
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
408 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
138k ly
across
14.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 408 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 888 as it looked roughly 408 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 646 NED01Barred spiral54 million ly
apartNGC 646 NED02Elliptical55 million ly
apartNGC 432Elliptical64 million ly
apartNGC 813Lenticular66 million ly
apartIC 1908Barred spiral67 million ly
apartIC 1960Spiral74 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 646 NED02Elliptical55 million ly
apartNGC 432Elliptical64 million ly
apartNGC 813Lenticular66 million ly
apartIC 1908Barred spiral67 million ly
apartIC 1960Spiral74 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).