NGC 976
NGC 976
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sbc
197 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
88k ly
across
12.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 197 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 976 as it looked roughly 197 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 992Barred spiral5.4 million ly
apartNGC 935Spiral7.1 million ly
apartNGC 938Elliptical7.8 million ly
apartIC 1797Barred spiral8.0 million ly
apartNGC 932Spiral8.1 million ly
apartIC 1801Barred spiral10 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 935Spiral7.1 million ly
apartNGC 938Elliptical7.8 million ly
apartIC 1797Barred spiral8.0 million ly
apartNGC 932Spiral8.1 million ly
apartIC 1801Barred spiral10 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).