NGC 1780
NGC 1780
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
223 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
60k ly
across
14.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 223 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 1780 as it looked roughly 223 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 1781Lenticular11 million ly
apartNGC 1710Elliptical27 million ly
apartNGC 1721Lenticular35 million ly
apartIC 2104Barred spiral38 million ly
apartIC 2106Barred spiral39 million ly
apartNGC 1738Barred spiral39 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 1710Elliptical27 million ly
apartNGC 1721Lenticular35 million ly
apartIC 2104Barred spiral38 million ly
apartIC 2106Barred spiral39 million ly
apartNGC 1738Barred spiral39 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).