NGC 958
NGC 958
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBc
269 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
197k ly
across
12.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 269 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 958 as it looked roughly 269 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 234Barred spiral23 million ly
apartIC 1827Spiral25 million ly
apartNGC 856Spiral26 million ly
apartNGC 1021Spiral26 million ly
apartNGC 1009Barred spiral27 million ly
apartNGC 883Elliptical27 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 1827Spiral25 million ly
apartNGC 856Spiral26 million ly
apartNGC 1021Spiral26 million ly
apartNGC 1009Barred spiral27 million ly
apartNGC 883Elliptical27 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).