NGC 7811
NGC 7811
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Irregular
type · I
356 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
40k ly
across
14.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 356 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 7811 as it looked roughly 356 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 7825Spiral23 million ly
apartNGC 7783 NED01Lenticular24 million ly
apartNGC 7783 NED02Elliptical28 million ly
apartIC 1516Barred spiral31 million ly
apartIC 1517Lenticular31 million ly
apartIC 1527Spiral45 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 7783 NED01Lenticular24 million ly
apartNGC 7783 NED02Elliptical28 million ly
apartIC 1516Barred spiral31 million ly
apartIC 1517Lenticular31 million ly
apartIC 1527Spiral45 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).