NGC 1781
NGC 1781
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
233 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
86k ly
across
13.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 233 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 1781 as it looked roughly 233 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 1780Lenticular11 million ly
apartNGC 1710Elliptical19 million ly
apartIC 2104Barred spiral29 million ly
apartNGC 1721Lenticular37 million ly
apartNGC 1686Barred spiral39 million ly
apartIC 380Spiral42 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 1710Elliptical19 million ly
apartIC 2104Barred spiral29 million ly
apartNGC 1721Lenticular37 million ly
apartNGC 1686Barred spiral39 million ly
apartIC 380Spiral42 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).