NGC 804
NGC 804
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
246 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
91k ly
across
14.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 246 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 804 as it looked roughly 246 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 200Barred spiral2.1 million ly
apartNGC 789Barred spiral5.8 million ly
apartNGC 783Spiral6.9 million ly
apartNGC 778Lenticular7.8 million ly
apartNGC 780Barred spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 750Elliptical12 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 789Barred spiral5.8 million ly
apartNGC 783Spiral6.9 million ly
apartNGC 778Lenticular7.8 million ly
apartNGC 780Barred spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 750Elliptical12 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).