NGC 948
NGC 948
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sc
210 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
71k ly
across
14.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 210 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 948 as it looked roughly 210 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 945Barred spiral930,000 ly
apartNGC 981Spiral4.5 million ly
apartNGC 977Spiral4.8 million ly
apartIC 1818Elliptical5.6 million ly
apartNGC 943Lenticular6.1 million ly
apartNGC 942Lenticular6.1 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 981Spiral4.5 million ly
apartNGC 977Spiral4.8 million ly
apartIC 1818Elliptical5.6 million ly
apartNGC 943Lenticular6.1 million ly
apartNGC 942Lenticular6.1 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).