NGC 7817
NGC 7817
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sbc
108 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
103k ly
across
12.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 108 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 7817 as it looked roughly 108 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 7798Barred spiral7.3 million ly
apartNGC 7468Elliptical29 million ly
apartNGC 7465Lenticular29 million ly
apartIC 1596Spiral29 million ly
apartNGC 7448Spiral29 million ly
apartNGC 7800Irregular30 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 7468Elliptical29 million ly
apartNGC 7465Lenticular29 million ly
apartIC 1596Spiral29 million ly
apartNGC 7448Spiral29 million ly
apartNGC 7800Irregular30 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).