NGC 826
NGC 826
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
225 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
66k ly
across
15.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 225 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 826 as it looked roughly 225 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 807Elliptical8.6 million ly
apartIC 1784Barred spiral9.4 million ly
apartIC 1785Lenticular9.7 million ly
apartIC 1789Spiral9.8 million ly
apartNGC 785Elliptical10 million ly
apartNGC 777Elliptical12 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 1784Barred spiral9.4 million ly
apartIC 1785Lenticular9.7 million ly
apartIC 1789Spiral9.8 million ly
apartNGC 785Elliptical10 million ly
apartNGC 777Elliptical12 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).