NGC 787
NGC 787
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sb
223 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
121k ly
across
13.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 223 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 787 as it looked roughly 223 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 207Lenticular12 million ly
apartIC 206Lenticular13 million ly
apartNGC 762Spiral16 million ly
apartNGC 713Barred spiral20 million ly
apartIC 170Elliptical21 million ly
apartIC 219Elliptical24 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 206Lenticular13 million ly
apartNGC 762Spiral16 million ly
apartNGC 713Barred spiral20 million ly
apartIC 170Elliptical21 million ly
apartIC 219Elliptical24 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).