NGC 924
NGC 924
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
209 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
123k ly
across
13.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 209 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 924 as it looked roughly 209 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 984Lenticular13 million ly
apartNGC 976Barred spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 935Spiral15 million ly
apartIC 1797Barred spiral16 million ly
apartNGC 938Elliptical18 million ly
apartNGC 932Spiral18 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 976Barred spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 935Spiral15 million ly
apartIC 1797Barred spiral16 million ly
apartNGC 938Elliptical18 million ly
apartNGC 932Spiral18 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).