NGC 7802
NGC 7802
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
246 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
85k ly
across
14.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 246 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 7802 as it looked roughly 246 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 7816Barred spiral6.2 million ly
apartNGC 7827Lenticular6.5 million ly
apartNGC 7778Elliptical11 million ly
apartNGC 7782Barred spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 7834Spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 7780Spiral13 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 7827Lenticular6.5 million ly
apartNGC 7778Elliptical11 million ly
apartNGC 7782Barred spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 7834Spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 7780Spiral13 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).