NGC 780
NGC 780
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sb
244 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
117k ly
across
14.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 244 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 780 as it looked roughly 244 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
IC 187Spiral8.0 million ly
apartNGC 804Lenticular12 million ly
apartIC 188Spiral12 million ly
apartIC 200Barred spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 765Spiral15 million ly
apartNGC 783Spiral16 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 804Lenticular12 million ly
apartIC 188Spiral12 million ly
apartIC 200Barred spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 765Spiral15 million ly
apartNGC 783Spiral16 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).