NGC 960
NGC 960
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · SABb
227 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
81k ly
across
14.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 227 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 960 as it looked roughly 227 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 230Lenticular7.9 million ly
apartNGC 1011Spiral9.3 million ly
apartNGC 950Barred spiral9.6 million ly
apartNGC 1006Spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 929Spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 977Spiral15 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 1011Spiral9.3 million ly
apartNGC 950Barred spiral9.6 million ly
apartNGC 1006Spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 929Spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 977Spiral15 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).