NGC 829
NGC 829
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBc
190 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
65k ly
across
14.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 190 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 829 as it looked roughly 190 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 209Barred spiral5.4 million ly
apartNGC 788Lenticular7.2 million ly
apartNGC 848Barred spiral8.8 million ly
apartNGC 835Spiral9.2 million ly
apartNGC 830Elliptical11 million ly
apartNGC 879Irregular11 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 788Lenticular7.2 million ly
apartNGC 848Barred spiral8.8 million ly
apartNGC 835Spiral9.2 million ly
apartNGC 830Elliptical11 million ly
apartNGC 879Irregular11 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).