NGC 970 NED02
NGC 970 NED02
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Galaxy
morphology
457 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
96k ly
across
15.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 457 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 970 NED02 as it looked roughly 457 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 1792Barred spiral44 million ly
apartNGC 916Lenticular48 million ly
apartIC 227Elliptical48 million ly
apartNGC 915Elliptical48 million ly
apartNGC 900Lenticular55 million ly
apartNGC 901Elliptical55 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 916Lenticular48 million ly
apartIC 227Elliptical48 million ly
apartNGC 915Elliptical48 million ly
apartNGC 900Lenticular55 million ly
apartNGC 901Elliptical55 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).