NGC 985
NGC 985
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Irregular
type · I
597 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
149k ly
across
14.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 597 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 985 as it looked roughly 597 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 1018Lenticular30 million ly
apartNGC 905Lenticular50 million ly
apartNGC 1071Barred spiral56 million ly
apartNGC 1048Lenticular58 million ly
apartNGC 880Spiral64 million ly
apartNGC 1048ABarred spiral74 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 905Lenticular50 million ly
apartNGC 1071Barred spiral56 million ly
apartNGC 1048Lenticular58 million ly
apartNGC 880Spiral64 million ly
apartNGC 1048ABarred spiral74 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).