NGC 7834
NGC 7834
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sc
244 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
66k ly
across
15.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 244 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 7834 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
NGC 7816Barred spiral5.1 million ly
apartNGC 7802Lenticular11 million ly
apartNGC 7794Spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 7827Lenticular14 million ly
apartNGC 7780Spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 7778Elliptical14 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 7802Lenticular11 million ly
apartNGC 7794Spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 7827Lenticular14 million ly
apartNGC 7780Spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 7778Elliptical14 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).