NGC 828
NGC 828
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sa
248 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
205k ly
across
12.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 248 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 828 as it looked roughly 248 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 910Elliptical17 million ly
apartNGC 898Spiral17 million ly
apartNGC 721Barred spiral18 million ly
apartNGC 712Lenticular18 million ly
apartNGC 913Galaxy21 million ly
apartNGC 914Spiral21 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 898Spiral17 million ly
apartNGC 721Barred spiral18 million ly
apartNGC 712Lenticular18 million ly
apartNGC 913Galaxy21 million ly
apartNGC 914Spiral21 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).