NGC 1771
NGC 1771
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · SABc
234 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
133k ly
across
13.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 234 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 1771 as it looked roughly 234 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 1706Spiral3.2 million ly
apartNGC 1529Lenticular25 million ly
apartNGC 1534Lenticular28 million ly
apartNGC 1669Spiral32 million ly
apartNGC 1526Spiral32 million ly
apartNGC 1796BBarred spiral36 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 1529Lenticular25 million ly
apartNGC 1534Lenticular28 million ly
apartNGC 1669Spiral32 million ly
apartNGC 1526Spiral32 million ly
apartNGC 1796BBarred spiral36 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).