NGC 7824
NGC 7824
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sab
286 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
132k ly
across
14.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 286 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 7824 as it looked roughly 286 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 7818Spiral3.7 million ly
apartNGC 36Spiral9.5 million ly
apartNGC 75Lenticular24 million ly
apartIC 13Barred spiral27 million ly
apartIC 1513Spiral29 million ly
apartNGC 7781Lenticular30 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 36Spiral9.5 million ly
apartNGC 75Lenticular24 million ly
apartIC 13Barred spiral27 million ly
apartIC 1513Spiral29 million ly
apartNGC 7781Lenticular30 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).