NGC 7812
NGC 7812
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · SABb
318 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
102k ly
across
14.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 318 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 7812 as it looked roughly 318 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 10Barred spiral6.9 million ly
apartIC 1531Elliptical42 million ly
apartNGC 7645Barred spiral54 million ly
apartNGC 7636Lenticular55 million ly
apartIC 5326Barred spiral57 million ly
apartIC 5349 NED01Lenticular65 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 1531Elliptical42 million ly
apartNGC 7645Barred spiral54 million ly
apartNGC 7636Lenticular55 million ly
apartIC 5326Barred spiral57 million ly
apartIC 5349 NED01Lenticular65 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).