NGC 7829
NGC 7829
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
269 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
162k ly
across
13.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 269 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 7829 as it looked roughly 269 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 7828Spiral570,000 ly
apartNGC 17Lenticular13 million ly
apartNGC 35Barred spiral15 million ly
apartNGC 7763Elliptical25 million ly
apartNGC 47Barred spiral31 million ly
apartNGC 50Elliptical32 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 17Lenticular13 million ly
apartNGC 35Barred spiral15 million ly
apartNGC 7763Elliptical25 million ly
apartNGC 47Barred spiral31 million ly
apartNGC 50Elliptical32 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).