NGC 801
NGC 801
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sc
268 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
215k ly
across
13.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 268 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 801 as it looked roughly 268 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 732Lenticular12 million ly
apartNGC 721Barred spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 703Elliptical16 million ly
apartNGC 662Barred spiral18 million ly
apartNGC 828Spiral22 million ly
apartNGC 710Spiral23 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 721Barred spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 703Elliptical16 million ly
apartNGC 662Barred spiral18 million ly
apartNGC 828Spiral22 million ly
apartNGC 710Spiral23 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).