NGC 858
NGC 858
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sc
587 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
215k ly
across
13.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 587 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 858 as it looked roughly 587 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 878Spiral50 million ly
apartNGC 667Lenticular69 million ly
apartNGC 734Barred spiral73 million ly
apartIC 1745Lenticular79 million ly
apartNGC 1102Spiral99 million ly
apartNGC 892Spiral110 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 667Lenticular69 million ly
apartNGC 734Barred spiral73 million ly
apartIC 1745Lenticular79 million ly
apartNGC 1102Spiral99 million ly
apartNGC 892Spiral110 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).