NGC 795
NGC 795
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
269 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
100k ly
across
14.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 269 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 795 as it looked roughly 269 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 745 NED01Lenticular11 million ly
apartNGC 745 NED03Elliptical15 million ly
apartNGC 754Elliptical18 million ly
apartNGC 782Barred spiral21 million ly
apartNGC 1031Barred spiral25 million ly
apartNGC 1136Spiral35 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 745 NED03Elliptical15 million ly
apartNGC 754Elliptical18 million ly
apartNGC 782Barred spiral21 million ly
apartNGC 1031Barred spiral25 million ly
apartNGC 1136Spiral35 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).