NGC 1784
NGC 1784
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sc
109 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
127k ly
across
11.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 109 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 1784 as it looked roughly 109 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 1889Elliptical11 million ly
apartNGC 1843Spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 1924Barred spiral20 million ly
apartNGC 1832Barred spiral20 million ly
apartNGC 1888Barred spiral21 million ly
apartNGC 2076Lenticular22 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 1843Spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 1924Barred spiral20 million ly
apartNGC 1832Barred spiral20 million ly
apartNGC 1888Barred spiral21 million ly
apartNGC 2076Lenticular22 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).