NGC 905
NGC 905
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
636 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
113k ly
across
15.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 636 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 905 as it looked roughly 636 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 1018Lenticular45 million ly
apartNGC 985Irregular50 million ly
apartNGC 880Spiral73 million ly
apartIC 1738Barred spiral92 million ly
apartNGC 758Lenticular99 million ly
apartIC 185Spiral100 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 985Irregular50 million ly
apartNGC 880Spiral73 million ly
apartIC 1738Barred spiral92 million ly
apartNGC 758Lenticular99 million ly
apartIC 185Spiral100 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).