NGC 849
NGC 849
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
260 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
45k ly
across
15.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 260 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 849 as it looked roughly 260 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 837Barred spiral1.1 million ly
apartNGC 808Barred spiral30 million ly
apartIC 1758Lenticular33 million ly
apartNGC 951Barred spiral34 million ly
apartNGC 947Spiral36 million ly
apartNGC 690Spiral38 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 808Barred spiral30 million ly
apartIC 1758Lenticular33 million ly
apartNGC 951Barred spiral34 million ly
apartNGC 947Spiral36 million ly
apartNGC 690Spiral38 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).