NGC 7806
NGC 7806
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · SABb
225 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
79k ly
across
14.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 225 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 7806 as it looked roughly 225 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 7805Lenticular56,000 ly
apartNGC 7819Barred spiral7.3 million ly
apartNGC 39Spiral9.2 million ly
apartNGC 19Barred spiral9.8 million ly
apartNGC 7836Elliptical10 million ly
apartNGC 13Barred spiral10 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 7819Barred spiral7.3 million ly
apartNGC 39Spiral9.2 million ly
apartNGC 19Barred spiral9.8 million ly
apartNGC 7836Elliptical10 million ly
apartNGC 13Barred spiral10 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).