NGC 915
NGC 915
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
450 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
100k ly
across
15.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 450 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 915 as it looked roughly 450 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 916Lenticular2.4 million ly
apartNGC 900Lenticular8.0 million ly
apartNGC 901Elliptical14 million ly
apartNGC 919Spiral32 million ly
apartIC 1802Elliptical33 million ly
apartIC 1803Elliptical33 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 900Lenticular8.0 million ly
apartNGC 901Elliptical14 million ly
apartNGC 919Spiral32 million ly
apartIC 1802Elliptical33 million ly
apartIC 1803Elliptical33 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).