NGC 715
NGC 715
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sb
263 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
67k ly
across
14.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 263 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 715 as it looked roughly 263 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 699Barred spiral6.5 million ly
apartIC 160Elliptical8.4 million ly
apartNGC 773Spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 682Elliptical11 million ly
apartNGC 726Barred spiral15 million ly
apartIC 1758Lenticular20 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 160Elliptical8.4 million ly
apartNGC 773Spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 682Elliptical11 million ly
apartNGC 726Barred spiral15 million ly
apartIC 1758Lenticular20 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).