NGC 808
NGC 808
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sbc
230 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
88k ly
across
13.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 230 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 808 as it looked roughly 230 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 686Elliptical19 million ly
apartNGC 775Spiral21 million ly
apartIC 1763Barred spiral25 million ly
apartNGC 823Elliptical26 million ly
apartNGC 836Lenticular27 million ly
apartIC 1768Lenticular27 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 775Spiral21 million ly
apartIC 1763Barred spiral25 million ly
apartNGC 823Elliptical26 million ly
apartNGC 836Lenticular27 million ly
apartIC 1768Lenticular27 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).