NGC 7800
NGC 7800
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Irregular
type · IB
79 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
40k ly
across
13.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 79 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 7800 as it looked roughly 79 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 7742Barred spiral7.8 million ly
apartNGC 7743Lenticular8.5 million ly
apartNGC 7625Spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 7497Spiral17 million ly
apartNGC 7454Elliptical25 million ly
apartNGC 7464Elliptical26 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 7743Lenticular8.5 million ly
apartNGC 7625Spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 7497Spiral17 million ly
apartNGC 7454Elliptical25 million ly
apartNGC 7464Elliptical26 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).