NGC 862
NGC 862
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
247 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
75k ly
across
12.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 247 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 862 as it looked roughly 247 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 889Elliptical5.3 million ly
apartNGC 822Elliptical7.0 million ly
apartIC 1796Elliptical13 million ly
apartNGC 893Spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 954Barred spiral13 million ly
apartIC 1812Elliptical15 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 822Elliptical7.0 million ly
apartIC 1796Elliptical13 million ly
apartNGC 893Spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 954Barred spiral13 million ly
apartIC 1812Elliptical15 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).