NGC 785
NGC 785
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
232 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
108k ly
across
13.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 232 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 785 as it looked roughly 232 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 777Elliptical2.5 million ly
apartNGC 798Elliptical3.7 million ly
apartNGC 761Barred spiral7.2 million ly
apartNGC 783Spiral9.9 million ly
apartNGC 826Elliptical10 million ly
apartNGC 789Barred spiral13 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 798Elliptical3.7 million ly
apartNGC 761Barred spiral7.2 million ly
apartNGC 783Spiral9.9 million ly
apartNGC 826Elliptical10 million ly
apartNGC 789Barred spiral13 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).