NGC 1759
NGC 1759
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
781 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
443k ly
across
14.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 781 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 1759 as it looked roughly 781 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
IC 2015Spiral170 million ly
apartIC 2155Galaxy190 million ly
apartIC 2083Lenticular260 million ly
apartIC 2081Elliptical270 million ly
apartIC 2086Elliptical270 million ly
apartIC 1948Barred spiral270 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 2155Galaxy190 million ly
apartIC 2083Lenticular260 million ly
apartIC 2081Elliptical270 million ly
apartIC 2086Elliptical270 million ly
apartIC 1948Barred spiral270 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).