NGC 809
NGC 809
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
249 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
80k ly
across
14.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 249 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 809 as it looked roughly 249 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 747Barred spiral8.1 million ly
apartIC 184Barred spiral9.8 million ly
apartIC 1767Spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 713Barred spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 726Barred spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 707Elliptical14 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 184Barred spiral9.8 million ly
apartIC 1767Spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 713Barred spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 726Barred spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 707Elliptical14 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).