NGC 844
NGC 844
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Galaxy
morphology
211 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
30k ly
across
14.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 211 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 844 as it looked roughly 211 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
IC 182Barred spiral14 million ly
apartIC 1770Lenticular17 million ly
apartIC 1771Elliptical21 million ly
apartIC 193Spiral21 million ly
apartNGC 706Spiral28 million ly
apartIC 1721Barred spiral29 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 1770Lenticular17 million ly
apartIC 1771Elliptical21 million ly
apartIC 193Spiral21 million ly
apartNGC 706Spiral28 million ly
apartIC 1721Barred spiral29 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).