NGC 963
NGC 963
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Irregular
type · I
69 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
16k ly
across
14.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 69 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 963 as it looked roughly 69 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 1022Barred spiral3.8 million ly
apartNGC 955Spiral4.3 million ly
apartNGC 991Spiral5.6 million ly
apartNGC 1052Elliptical5.8 million ly
apartNGC 1084Spiral6.8 million ly
apartNGC 988Spiral6.8 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 955Spiral4.3 million ly
apartNGC 991Spiral5.6 million ly
apartNGC 1052Elliptical5.8 million ly
apartNGC 1084Spiral6.8 million ly
apartNGC 988Spiral6.8 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).