NGC 1812
NGC 1812
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sa
182 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
67k ly
across
13.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 182 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 1812 as it looked roughly 182 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 1811Spiral4.5 million ly
apartNGC 1591Barred spiral31 million ly
apartNGC 1739Barred spiral36 million ly
apartNGC 1738Barred spiral36 million ly
apartNGC 1730Spiral43 million ly
apartIC 2122Elliptical45 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 1591Barred spiral31 million ly
apartNGC 1739Barred spiral36 million ly
apartNGC 1738Barred spiral36 million ly
apartNGC 1730Spiral43 million ly
apartIC 2122Elliptical45 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).