NGC 7794
NGC 7794
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sc
245 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
83k ly
across
13.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 245 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 7794 as it looked roughly 245 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 7803Lenticular11 million ly
apartNGC 7780Spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 7834Spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 7778Elliptical13 million ly
apartNGC 7782Barred spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 7816Barred spiral15 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 7780Spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 7834Spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 7778Elliptical13 million ly
apartNGC 7782Barred spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 7816Barred spiral15 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).