NGC 814
NGC 814
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
75 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
29k ly
across
14.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 75 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 814 as it looked roughly 75 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 720Elliptical6.2 million ly
apartIC 223Irregular7.5 million ly
apartNGC 899Irregular7.8 million ly
apartNGC 907Barred spiral7.8 million ly
apartNGC 853Spiral9.2 million ly
apartNGC 908Spiral9.7 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 223Irregular7.5 million ly
apartNGC 899Irregular7.8 million ly
apartNGC 907Barred spiral7.8 million ly
apartNGC 853Spiral9.2 million ly
apartNGC 908Spiral9.7 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).