NGC 846
NGC 846
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBab
237 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
132k ly
across
13.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 237 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 846 as it looked roughly 237 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 812Spiral8.4 million ly
apartIC 1799Spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 913Galaxy15 million ly
apartNGC 909Elliptical16 million ly
apartNGC 910Elliptical18 million ly
apartNGC 898Spiral22 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 1799Spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 913Galaxy15 million ly
apartNGC 909Elliptical16 million ly
apartNGC 910Elliptical18 million ly
apartNGC 898Spiral22 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).