NGC 707
NGC 707
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E-S0
251 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
95k ly
across
14.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 251 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 707 as it looked roughly 251 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 168Lenticular1.3 million ly
apartNGC 747Barred spiral7.8 million ly
apartIC 170Elliptical8.7 million ly
apartNGC 713Barred spiral9.6 million ly
apartNGC 726Barred spiral11 million ly
apartIC 184Barred spiral12 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 747Barred spiral7.8 million ly
apartIC 170Elliptical8.7 million ly
apartNGC 713Barred spiral9.6 million ly
apartNGC 726Barred spiral11 million ly
apartIC 184Barred spiral12 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).