NGC 850
NGC 850
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
380 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
135k ly
across
14.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 380 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 850 as it looked roughly 380 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 868Elliptical11 million ly
apartIC 205Spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 863Spiral17 million ly
apartIC 172Barred spiral31 million ly
apartIC 233Barred spiral46 million ly
apartNGC 1072Spiral55 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 205Spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 863Spiral17 million ly
apartIC 172Barred spiral31 million ly
apartIC 233Barred spiral46 million ly
apartNGC 1072Spiral55 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).