NGC 834
NGC 834
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sb
218 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
67k ly
across
13.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 218 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 834 as it looked roughly 218 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 841Spiral6.9 million ly
apartNGC 845Barred spiral10 million ly
apartNGC 759Elliptical11 million ly
apartIC 178Spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 704BElliptical15 million ly
apartNGC 700Lenticular16 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 845Barred spiral10 million ly
apartNGC 759Elliptical11 million ly
apartIC 178Spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 704BElliptical15 million ly
apartNGC 700Lenticular16 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).