NGC 791
NGC 791
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
373 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
162k ly
across
14.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 373 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 791 as it looked roughly 373 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 766Elliptical7.0 million ly
apartNGC 810 NED01Elliptical33 million ly
apartIC 1775Spiral35 million ly
apartNGC 840Barred spiral38 million ly
apartIC 1755Spiral40 million ly
apartNGC 810 NED02Elliptical41 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 810 NED01Elliptical33 million ly
apartIC 1775Spiral35 million ly
apartNGC 840Barred spiral38 million ly
apartIC 1755Spiral40 million ly
apartNGC 810 NED02Elliptical41 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).