NGC 895
NGC 895
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sc
107 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
103k ly
across
11.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 107 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 895 as it looked roughly 107 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
IC 215Barred spiral9.9 million ly
apartIC 210Barred spiral17 million ly
apartNGC 1015Spiral20 million ly
apartNGC 811Spiral20 million ly
apartNGC 1076Lenticular21 million ly
apartIC 217Spiral21 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 210Barred spiral17 million ly
apartNGC 1015Spiral20 million ly
apartNGC 811Spiral20 million ly
apartNGC 1076Lenticular21 million ly
apartIC 217Spiral21 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).