NGC 909
NGC 909
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
230 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
68k ly
across
14.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 230 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 909 as it looked roughly 230 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 913Galaxy5.7 million ly
apartNGC 906Spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 1040Lenticular15 million ly
apartNGC 846Barred spiral16 million ly
apartNGC 1001Spiral16 million ly
apartNGC 910Elliptical16 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 906Spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 1040Lenticular15 million ly
apartNGC 846Barred spiral16 million ly
apartNGC 1001Spiral16 million ly
apartNGC 910Elliptical16 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).