NGC 713
NGC 713
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sb
242 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
81k ly
across
15.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 242 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 713 as it looked roughly 242 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 170Elliptical4.3 million ly
apartNGC 747Barred spiral8.2 million ly
apartIC 168Lenticular9.4 million ly
apartNGC 707Elliptical9.6 million ly
apartIC 1767Spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 809Lenticular12 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 747Barred spiral8.2 million ly
apartIC 168Lenticular9.4 million ly
apartNGC 707Elliptical9.6 million ly
apartIC 1767Spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 809Lenticular12 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).