NGC 813
NGC 813
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
380 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
157k ly
across
13.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 380 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 813 as it looked roughly 380 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 646 NED02Elliptical28 million ly
apartNGC 646 NED01Barred spiral28 million ly
apartNGC 432Elliptical57 million ly
apartNGC 888Elliptical66 million ly
apartIC 5382Barred spiral87 million ly
apartNGC 1096Barred spiral94 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 646 NED01Barred spiral28 million ly
apartNGC 432Elliptical57 million ly
apartNGC 888Elliptical66 million ly
apartIC 5382Barred spiral87 million ly
apartNGC 1096Barred spiral94 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).