NGC 96
NGC 96
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E-S0
288 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
57k ly
across
15.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 288 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 96 as it looked roughly 288 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 81Galaxy2.9 million ly
apartNGC 83Elliptical11 million ly
apartIC 1541Lenticular13 million ly
apartNGC 94Galaxy13 million ly
apartNGC 42Elliptical15 million ly
apartNGC 85BBarred spiral17 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 83Elliptical11 million ly
apartIC 1541Lenticular13 million ly
apartNGC 94Galaxy13 million ly
apartNGC 42Elliptical15 million ly
apartNGC 85BBarred spiral17 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).