NGC 786
NGC 786
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sc
211 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
48k ly
across
14.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 211 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 786 as it looked roughly 211 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 792Lenticular5.0 million ly
apartNGC 774Lenticular7.1 million ly
apartNGC 817Lenticular7.9 million ly
apartNGC 820Barred spiral9.0 million ly
apartNGC 716Spiral14 million ly
apartIC 193Spiral18 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 774Lenticular7.1 million ly
apartNGC 817Lenticular7.9 million ly
apartNGC 820Barred spiral9.0 million ly
apartNGC 716Spiral14 million ly
apartIC 193Spiral18 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).