NGC 906
NGC 906
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sab
218 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
93k ly
across
12.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 218 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 906 as it looked roughly 218 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 996Elliptical10 million ly
apartNGC 1001Spiral10 million ly
apartNGC 999Spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 909Elliptical12 million ly
apartNGC 912Lenticular13 million ly
apartNGC 1040Lenticular14 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 1001Spiral10 million ly
apartNGC 999Spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 909Elliptical12 million ly
apartNGC 912Lenticular13 million ly
apartNGC 1040Lenticular14 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).