NGC 7809
NGC 7809
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Irregular
type · I
893 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
117k ly
across
15.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 893 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 7809 as it looked roughly 893 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
IC 1523Galaxy71 million ly
apartIC 1510 NED02Galaxy100 million ly
apartIC 1510 NED01Galaxy100 million ly
apartIC 21Barred spiral120 million ly
apartIC 29Elliptical150 million ly
apartIC 33Galaxy180 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 1510 NED02Galaxy100 million ly
apartIC 1510 NED01Galaxy100 million ly
apartIC 21Barred spiral120 million ly
apartIC 29Elliptical150 million ly
apartIC 33Galaxy180 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).