NGC 9
NGC 9
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sb
211 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
43k ly
across
14.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 211 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 9 as it looked roughly 211 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 23Spiral8.1 million ly
apartNGC 26Spiral8.2 million ly
apartNGC 1Barred spiral15 million ly
apartNGC 7786Elliptical16 million ly
apartNGC 7770Lenticular21 million ly
apartNGC 7771Spiral22 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 26Spiral8.2 million ly
apartNGC 1Barred spiral15 million ly
apartNGC 7786Elliptical16 million ly
apartNGC 7770Lenticular21 million ly
apartNGC 7771Spiral22 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).