NGC 975
NGC 975
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
284 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
69k ly
across
14.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 284 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 975 as it looked roughly 284 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 1046Elliptical12 million ly
apartNGC 1044 NED01Elliptical12 million ly
apartIC 238Lenticular17 million ly
apartNGC 997 NED02Elliptical23 million ly
apartIC 1842Spiral24 million ly
apartNGC 998Galaxy25 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 1044 NED01Elliptical12 million ly
apartIC 238Lenticular17 million ly
apartNGC 997 NED02Elliptical23 million ly
apartIC 1842Spiral24 million ly
apartNGC 998Galaxy25 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).