NGC 997 NED02
NGC 997 NED02
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
303 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
99k ly
across
14.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 303 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 997 NED02 as it looked roughly 303 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 998Galaxy2.1 million ly
apartNGC 1044 NED02Galaxy11 million ly
apartNGC 1044 NED01Elliptical15 million ly
apartIC 1819Elliptical18 million ly
apartNGC 1095Barred spiral20 million ly
apartNGC 975Lenticular23 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 1044 NED02Galaxy11 million ly
apartNGC 1044 NED01Elliptical15 million ly
apartIC 1819Elliptical18 million ly
apartNGC 1095Barred spiral20 million ly
apartNGC 975Lenticular23 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).