NGC 1796A
NGC 1796A
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sab
405 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
151k ly
across
14.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 405 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 1796A as it looked roughly 405 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 1765Elliptical7.3 million ly
apartNGC 2178Elliptical53 million ly
apartIC 2037Barred spiral55 million ly
apartNGC 2205Elliptical56 million ly
apartIC 2034Spiral58 million ly
apartNGC 2229Lenticular66 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 2178Elliptical53 million ly
apartIC 2037Barred spiral55 million ly
apartNGC 2205Elliptical56 million ly
apartIC 2034Spiral58 million ly
apartNGC 2229Lenticular66 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).