NGC 824
NGC 824
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sbc
270 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
117k ly
across
14.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 270 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 824 as it looked roughly 270 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 1762Barred spiral18 million ly
apartNGC 854Barred spiral20 million ly
apartIC 1769Barred spiral26 million ly
apartNGC 822Elliptical29 million ly
apartIC 1719Lenticular31 million ly
apartNGC 626Spiral32 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 854Barred spiral20 million ly
apartIC 1769Barred spiral26 million ly
apartNGC 822Elliptical29 million ly
apartIC 1719Lenticular31 million ly
apartNGC 626Spiral32 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).