NGC 955
NGC 955
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sab
71 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
56k ly
across
12.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 71 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 955 as it looked roughly 71 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 225Elliptical3.2 million ly
apartNGC 963Irregular4.3 million ly
apartNGC 941Spiral4.8 million ly
apartNGC 1087Spiral5.0 million ly
apartNGC 1022Barred spiral7.5 million ly
apartNGC 991Spiral7.9 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 963Irregular4.3 million ly
apartNGC 941Spiral4.8 million ly
apartNGC 1087Spiral5.0 million ly
apartNGC 1022Barred spiral7.5 million ly
apartNGC 991Spiral7.9 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).