NGC 7835
NGC 7835
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sb
563 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
92k ly
across
15.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 563 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 7835 as it looked roughly 563 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 7838Lenticular23 million ly
apartIC 1549Lenticular42 million ly
apartIC 1518Lenticular53 million ly
apartNGC 7837Barred spiral56 million ly
apartNGC 138Spiral67 million ly
apartNGC 141Lenticular68 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 1549Lenticular42 million ly
apartIC 1518Lenticular53 million ly
apartNGC 7837Barred spiral56 million ly
apartNGC 138Spiral67 million ly
apartNGC 141Lenticular68 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).