NGC 835
NGC 835
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sab
195 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
49k ly
across
12.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 195 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 835 as it looked roughly 195 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 848Barred spiral7.2 million ly
apartNGC 829Barred spiral9.2 million ly
apartNGC 873Spiral9.4 million ly
apartNGC 806Barred spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 788Lenticular14 million ly
apartIC 209Barred spiral14 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 829Barred spiral9.2 million ly
apartNGC 873Spiral9.4 million ly
apartNGC 806Barred spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 788Lenticular14 million ly
apartIC 209Barred spiral14 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).