NGC 812
NGC 812
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sc
244 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
194k ly
across
12.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 244 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 812 as it looked roughly 244 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 846Barred spiral8.4 million ly
apartNGC 910Elliptical19 million ly
apartNGC 898Spiral20 million ly
apartIC 1799Spiral20 million ly
apartNGC 913Galaxy20 million ly
apartNGC 909Elliptical22 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 910Elliptical19 million ly
apartNGC 898Spiral20 million ly
apartIC 1799Spiral20 million ly
apartNGC 913Galaxy20 million ly
apartNGC 909Elliptical22 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).