NGC 815 NED02
NGC 815 NED02
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Galaxy
morphology
746 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
98k ly
across
16.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 746 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 815 NED02 as it looked roughly 746 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
IC 1741Lenticular67 million ly
apartIC 147Spiral100 million ly
apartIC 158Galaxy140 million ly
apartNGC 905Lenticular140 million ly
apartNGC 635Barred spiral150 million ly
apartIC 125Galaxy150 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 147Spiral100 million ly
apartIC 158Galaxy140 million ly
apartNGC 905Lenticular140 million ly
apartNGC 635Barred spiral150 million ly
apartIC 125Galaxy150 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).