NGC 987
NGC 987
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
210 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
93k ly
across
13.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 210 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 987 as it looked roughly 210 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 969Lenticular2.5 million ly
apartNGC 974Spiral2.5 million ly
apartNGC 978BLenticular2.6 million ly
apartNGC 1067Spiral6.3 million ly
apartNGC 1066Elliptical7.9 million ly
apartIC 1815Lenticular10 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 974Spiral2.5 million ly
apartNGC 978BLenticular2.6 million ly
apartNGC 1067Spiral6.3 million ly
apartNGC 1066Elliptical7.9 million ly
apartIC 1815Lenticular10 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).