NGC 920
NGC 920
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBb
292 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
99k ly
across
15.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 292 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 920 as it looked roughly 292 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 946Lenticular32 million ly
apartNGC 937Spiral32 million ly
apartNGC 923Spiral32 million ly
apartIC 258Lenticular32 million ly
apartNGC 1130Elliptical33 million ly
apartNGC 980Lenticular34 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 937Spiral32 million ly
apartNGC 923Spiral32 million ly
apartIC 258Lenticular32 million ly
apartNGC 1130Elliptical33 million ly
apartNGC 980Lenticular34 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).