NGC 94
NGC 94
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Galaxy
morphology
275 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
41k ly
across
15.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 275 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 94 as it looked roughly 275 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 1541Lenticular3.4 million ly
apartNGC 85BBarred spiral3.8 million ly
apartIC 1548Elliptical7.6 million ly
apartIC 1540Barred spiral8.0 million ly
apartIC 1544Spiral9.6 million ly
apartNGC 81Galaxy10 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 85BBarred spiral3.8 million ly
apartIC 1548Elliptical7.6 million ly
apartIC 1540Barred spiral8.0 million ly
apartIC 1544Spiral9.6 million ly
apartNGC 81Galaxy10 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).