NGC 991
NGC 991
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · SABc
73 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
31k ly
across
13.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 73 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 991 as it looked roughly 73 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 988Spiral3.2 million ly
apartNGC 1022Barred spiral4.1 million ly
apartNGC 1052Elliptical4.3 million ly
apartNGC 963Irregular5.6 million ly
apartNGC 1140Barred spiral7.4 million ly
apartNGC 1084Spiral7.9 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 1022Barred spiral4.1 million ly
apartNGC 1052Elliptical4.3 million ly
apartNGC 963Irregular5.6 million ly
apartNGC 1140Barred spiral7.4 million ly
apartNGC 1084Spiral7.9 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).