NGC 7820
NGC 7820
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
142 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
64k ly
across
13.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 142 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 7820 as it looked roughly 142 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 7757Spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 7750Barred spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 7731Barred spiral15 million ly
apartNGC 7732Spiral15 million ly
apartNGC 7751Elliptical16 million ly
apartNGC 7714Barred spiral22 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 7750Barred spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 7731Barred spiral15 million ly
apartNGC 7732Spiral15 million ly
apartNGC 7751Elliptical16 million ly
apartNGC 7714Barred spiral22 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).