NGC 839
NGC 839
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
180 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
78k ly
across
13.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 180 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 839 as it looked roughly 180 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 833Spiral850,000 ly
apartNGC 838Lenticular1.1 million ly
apartNGC 806Barred spiral5.2 million ly
apartNGC 879Irregular7.2 million ly
apartNGC 848Barred spiral7.3 million ly
apartNGC 830Elliptical7.7 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 838Lenticular1.1 million ly
apartNGC 806Barred spiral5.2 million ly
apartNGC 879Irregular7.2 million ly
apartNGC 848Barred spiral7.3 million ly
apartNGC 830Elliptical7.7 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).