NGC 999
NGC 999
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · SABa
211 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
48k ly
across
14.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 211 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 999 as it looked roughly 211 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 996Elliptical4.4 million ly
apartNGC 1000Elliptical4.6 million ly
apartNGC 1001Spiral6.9 million ly
apartNGC 1005Elliptical9.2 million ly
apartNGC 912Lenticular10 million ly
apartNGC 1106Lenticular12 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 1000Elliptical4.6 million ly
apartNGC 1001Spiral6.9 million ly
apartNGC 1005Elliptical9.2 million ly
apartNGC 912Lenticular10 million ly
apartNGC 1106Lenticular12 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).