NGC 794
NGC 794
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E-S0
383 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
136k ly
across
12.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 383 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 794 as it looked roughly 383 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 213Spiral22 million ly
apartIC 1755Spiral30 million ly
apartIC 1775Spiral39 million ly
apartNGC 810 NED01Elliptical40 million ly
apartNGC 719Lenticular47 million ly
apartNGC 810 NED02Elliptical51 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 1755Spiral30 million ly
apartIC 1775Spiral39 million ly
apartNGC 810 NED01Elliptical40 million ly
apartNGC 719Lenticular47 million ly
apartNGC 810 NED02Elliptical51 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).