NGC 781
NGC 781
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sa
162 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
69k ly
across
13.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 162 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 781 as it looked roughly 162 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 196Spiral9.2 million ly
apartIC 195Lenticular9.9 million ly
apartIC 1774Spiral10 million ly
apartNGC 827Barred spiral15 million ly
apartIC 1790Spiral16 million ly
apartIC 1791Lenticular17 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 195Lenticular9.9 million ly
apartIC 1774Spiral10 million ly
apartNGC 827Barred spiral15 million ly
apartIC 1790Spiral16 million ly
apartIC 1791Lenticular17 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).