NGC 961
NGC 961
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sm
60 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
31k ly
across
13.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 60 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 961 as it looked roughly 60 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 1035Spiral2.8 million ly
apartNGC 1110Barred spiral3.4 million ly
apartNGC 1047Lenticular3.5 million ly
apartNGC 1042Spiral4.7 million ly
apartNGC 1084Spiral5.8 million ly
apartNGC 936Lenticular7.3 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 1110Barred spiral3.4 million ly
apartNGC 1047Lenticular3.5 million ly
apartNGC 1042Spiral4.7 million ly
apartNGC 1084Spiral5.8 million ly
apartNGC 936Lenticular7.3 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).