NGC 821
NGC 821
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
81 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
58k ly
across
10.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 81 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 821 as it looked roughly 81 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 718Spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 864Spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 693Lenticular12 million ly
apartNGC 676Lenticular15 million ly
apartIC 225Elliptical17 million ly
apartNGC 803Spiral18 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 864Spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 693Lenticular12 million ly
apartNGC 676Lenticular15 million ly
apartIC 225Elliptical17 million ly
apartNGC 803Spiral18 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).