NGC 899
NGC 899
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Irregular
type · IB
73 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
35k ly
across
13.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 73 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 899 as it looked roughly 73 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 223Irregular760,000 ly
apartNGC 908Spiral3.4 million ly
apartNGC 907Barred spiral4.0 million ly
apartNGC 814Lenticular7.8 million ly
apartNGC 1034Irregular9.1 million ly
apartNGC 723Barred spiral9.6 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 908Spiral3.4 million ly
apartNGC 907Barred spiral4.0 million ly
apartNGC 814Lenticular7.8 million ly
apartNGC 1034Irregular9.1 million ly
apartNGC 723Barred spiral9.6 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).