NGC 935
NGC 935
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sc
194 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
89k ly
across
12.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 194 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 935 as it looked roughly 194 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
IC 1797Barred spiral3.7 million ly
apartNGC 938Elliptical4.3 million ly
apartNGC 932Spiral4.5 million ly
apartIC 1801Barred spiral5.6 million ly
apartNGC 976Barred spiral7.1 million ly
apartNGC 992Barred spiral9.1 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 938Elliptical4.3 million ly
apartNGC 932Spiral4.5 million ly
apartIC 1801Barred spiral5.6 million ly
apartNGC 976Barred spiral7.1 million ly
apartNGC 992Barred spiral9.1 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).