NGC 851
NGC 851
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
145 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
48k ly
across
14.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 145 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 851 as it looked roughly 145 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 211Spiral6.7 million ly
apartIC 1776Spiral15 million ly
apartIC 216Lenticular16 million ly
apartNGC 825Spiral18 million ly
apartNGC 827Barred spiral19 million ly
apartNGC 632Lenticular22 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 1776Spiral15 million ly
apartIC 216Lenticular16 million ly
apartNGC 825Spiral18 million ly
apartNGC 827Barred spiral19 million ly
apartNGC 632Lenticular22 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).