NGC 782
NGC 782
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBb
287 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
205k ly
across
12.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 287 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 782 as it looked roughly 287 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 754Elliptical5.9 million ly
apartNGC 745 NED03Elliptical7.4 million ly
apartNGC 745 NED01Lenticular11 million ly
apartNGC 852Barred spiral18 million ly
apartNGC 795Elliptical21 million ly
apartNGC 1025Barred spiral32 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 745 NED03Elliptical7.4 million ly
apartNGC 745 NED01Lenticular11 million ly
apartNGC 852Barred spiral18 million ly
apartNGC 795Elliptical21 million ly
apartNGC 1025Barred spiral32 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).