NGC 1796
NGC 1796
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBc
47 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
27k ly
across
12.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 47 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 1796 as it looked roughly 47 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 1947Elliptical6.7 million ly
apartNGC 1617Barred spiral6.9 million ly
apartIC 2056Barred spiral7.6 million ly
apartIC 2032Irregular8.3 million ly
apartNGC 2082Barred spiral9.4 million ly
apartNGC 1543Lenticular9.7 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 1617Barred spiral6.9 million ly
apartIC 2056Barred spiral7.6 million ly
apartIC 2032Irregular8.3 million ly
apartNGC 2082Barred spiral9.4 million ly
apartNGC 1543Lenticular9.7 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).