NGC 830
NGC 830
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E-S0
180 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
73k ly
across
14.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 180 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 830 as it looked roughly 180 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 842Lenticular3.0 million ly
apartIC 209Barred spiral6.1 million ly
apartNGC 833Spiral7.4 million ly
apartNGC 838Lenticular7.5 million ly
apartNGC 839Lenticular7.7 million ly
apartNGC 879Irregular7.9 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 209Barred spiral6.1 million ly
apartNGC 833Spiral7.4 million ly
apartNGC 838Lenticular7.5 million ly
apartNGC 839Lenticular7.7 million ly
apartNGC 879Irregular7.9 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).