NGC 1808
NGC 1808
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sa
47 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
74k ly
across
10.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 47 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 1808 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 1827Spiral1.9 million ly
apartNGC 1679Barred spiral6.0 million ly
apartNGC 1792Barred spiral10 million ly
apartNGC 1531Elliptical11 million ly
apartNGC 1510Lenticular11 million ly
apartIC 2041Lenticular12 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 1679Barred spiral6.0 million ly
apartNGC 1792Barred spiral10 million ly
apartNGC 1531Elliptical11 million ly
apartNGC 1510Lenticular11 million ly
apartIC 2041Lenticular12 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).