NGC 910
NGC 910
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
246 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
128k ly
across
12.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 246 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 910 as it looked roughly 246 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 898Spiral7.6 million ly
apartNGC 913Galaxy10 million ly
apartNGC 914Spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 909Elliptical16 million ly
apartNGC 828Spiral17 million ly
apartNGC 911Elliptical17 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 913Galaxy10 million ly
apartNGC 914Spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 909Elliptical16 million ly
apartNGC 828Spiral17 million ly
apartNGC 911Elliptical17 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).