NGC 861
NGC 861
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sb
381 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
164k ly
across
14.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 381 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 861 as it looked roughly 381 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 860Elliptical47 million ly
apartNGC 1077ABarred spiral52 million ly
apartNGC 1077BBarred spiral65 million ly
apartNGC 970 NED02Galaxy84 million ly
apartIC 257Elliptical84 million ly
apartNGC 819Barred spiral85 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 1077ABarred spiral52 million ly
apartNGC 1077BBarred spiral65 million ly
apartNGC 970 NED02Galaxy84 million ly
apartIC 257Elliptical84 million ly
apartNGC 819Barred spiral85 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).