NGC 798
NGC 798
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
235 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
81k ly
across
14.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 235 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 798 as it looked roughly 235 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 785Elliptical3.7 million ly
apartNGC 777Elliptical4.1 million ly
apartNGC 783Spiral7.0 million ly
apartNGC 761Barred spiral8.5 million ly
apartNGC 789Barred spiral9.4 million ly
apartIC 200Barred spiral11 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 777Elliptical4.1 million ly
apartNGC 783Spiral7.0 million ly
apartNGC 761Barred spiral8.5 million ly
apartNGC 789Barred spiral9.4 million ly
apartIC 200Barred spiral11 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).