NGC 1809
NGC 1809
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sc
61 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
66k ly
across
12.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 61 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 1809 as it looked roughly 61 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 1892Spiral5.8 million ly
apartNGC 1511ABarred spiral6.2 million ly
apartNGC 1511Spiral6.6 million ly
apartNGC 2082Barred spiral8.6 million ly
apartNGC 1559Barred spiral8.6 million ly
apartNGC 1473Irregular8.6 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 1511ABarred spiral6.2 million ly
apartNGC 1511Spiral6.6 million ly
apartNGC 2082Barred spiral8.6 million ly
apartNGC 1559Barred spiral8.6 million ly
apartNGC 1473Irregular8.6 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).