NGC 800
NGC 800
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sc
278 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
87k ly
across
14.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 278 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 800 as it looked roughly 278 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 799Barred spiral6.6 million ly
apartNGC 856Spiral14 million ly
apartIC 197Barred spiral22 million ly
apartIC 194Barred spiral24 million ly
apartIC 1750Lenticular25 million ly
apartNGC 742Elliptical29 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 856Spiral14 million ly
apartIC 197Barred spiral22 million ly
apartIC 194Barred spiral24 million ly
apartIC 1750Lenticular25 million ly
apartNGC 742Elliptical29 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).