NGC 7836
NGC 7836
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E?
230 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
60k ly
across
13.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 230 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 7836 as it looked roughly 230 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 6Elliptical2.2 million ly
apartNGC 7831Barred spiral5.5 million ly
apartNGC 19Barred spiral6.9 million ly
apartNGC 7819Barred spiral7.3 million ly
apartNGC 13Barred spiral7.3 million ly
apartIC 5376Spiral9.0 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 7831Barred spiral5.5 million ly
apartNGC 19Barred spiral6.9 million ly
apartNGC 7819Barred spiral7.3 million ly
apartNGC 13Barred spiral7.3 million ly
apartIC 5376Spiral9.0 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).