NGC 901
NGC 901
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
463 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
105k ly
across
15.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 463 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 901 as it looked roughly 463 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 900Lenticular8.6 million ly
apartNGC 916Lenticular12 million ly
apartNGC 915Elliptical14 million ly
apartNGC 919Spiral20 million ly
apartIC 227Elliptical25 million ly
apartIC 1803Elliptical33 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 916Lenticular12 million ly
apartNGC 915Elliptical14 million ly
apartNGC 919Spiral20 million ly
apartIC 227Elliptical25 million ly
apartIC 1803Elliptical33 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).