NGC 790
NGC 790
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
249 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
100k ly
across
14.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 249 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 790 as it looked roughly 249 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
IC 184Barred spiral6.9 million ly
apartNGC 748Barred spiral7.0 million ly
apartNGC 809Lenticular15 million ly
apartIC 164Elliptical15 million ly
apartNGC 707Elliptical17 million ly
apartIC 168Lenticular18 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 748Barred spiral7.0 million ly
apartNGC 809Lenticular15 million ly
apartIC 164Elliptical15 million ly
apartNGC 707Elliptical17 million ly
apartIC 168Lenticular18 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).