NGC 807
NGC 807
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
222 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
110k ly
across
13.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 222 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 807 as it looked roughly 222 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 826Elliptical8.6 million ly
apartNGC 805Lenticular9.2 million ly
apartNGC 785Elliptical15 million ly
apartNGC 777Elliptical16 million ly
apartIC 188Spiral16 million ly
apartIC 1789Spiral17 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 805Lenticular9.2 million ly
apartNGC 785Elliptical15 million ly
apartNGC 777Elliptical16 million ly
apartIC 188Spiral16 million ly
apartIC 1789Spiral17 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).