NGC 805
NGC 805
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
213 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
65k ly
across
14.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 213 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 805 as it looked roughly 213 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 807Elliptical9.2 million ly
apartNGC 769Spiral10 million ly
apartNGC 826Elliptical15 million ly
apartNGC 740Barred spiral17 million ly
apartNGC 739Lenticular18 million ly
apartNGC 738Lenticular19 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 769Spiral10 million ly
apartNGC 826Elliptical15 million ly
apartNGC 740Barred spiral17 million ly
apartNGC 739Lenticular18 million ly
apartNGC 738Lenticular19 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).