NGC 97
NGC 97
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
223 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
86k ly
across
13.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 223 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 97 as it looked roughly 223 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 108Lenticular3.9 million ly
apartNGC 43Lenticular9.2 million ly
apartNGC 149Lenticular10 million ly
apartNGC 39Spiral10 million ly
apartNGC 19Barred spiral16 million ly
apartNGC 21Barred spiral17 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 43Lenticular9.2 million ly
apartNGC 149Lenticular10 million ly
apartNGC 39Spiral10 million ly
apartNGC 19Barred spiral16 million ly
apartNGC 21Barred 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).