NGC 914
NGC 914
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sc
258 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
117k ly
across
13.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 258 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 914 as it looked roughly 258 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 898Spiral5.1 million ly
apartNGC 911Elliptical5.4 million ly
apartNGC 937Spiral7.5 million ly
apartNGC 923Spiral7.9 million ly
apartNGC 946Lenticular8.7 million ly
apartNGC 910Elliptical12 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 911Elliptical5.4 million ly
apartNGC 937Spiral7.5 million ly
apartNGC 923Spiral7.9 million ly
apartNGC 946Lenticular8.7 million ly
apartNGC 910Elliptical12 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).