NGC 841
NGC 841
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sab
211 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
107k ly
across
13.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 211 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 841 as it looked roughly 211 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 845Barred spiral3.5 million ly
apartNGC 834Barred spiral6.9 million ly
apartNGC 759Elliptical13 million ly
apartNGC 818Barred spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 705Lenticular15 million ly
apartNGC 700Lenticular15 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 834Barred spiral6.9 million ly
apartNGC 759Elliptical13 million ly
apartNGC 818Barred spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 705Lenticular15 million ly
apartNGC 700Lenticular15 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).