NGC 984
NGC 984
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
205 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
99k ly
across
13.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 205 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 984 as it looked roughly 205 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 976Barred spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 924Lenticular13 million ly
apartNGC 992Barred spiral15 million ly
apartIC 1797Barred spiral17 million ly
apartNGC 935Spiral18 million ly
apartNGC 938Elliptical18 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 924Lenticular13 million ly
apartNGC 992Barred spiral15 million ly
apartIC 1797Barred spiral17 million ly
apartNGC 935Spiral18 million ly
apartNGC 938Elliptical18 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).