NGC 753
NGC 753
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · SABc
228 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
92k ly
across
12.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 228 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 753 as it looked roughly 228 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 178Spiral4.4 million ly
apartNGC 708Elliptical4.5 million ly
apartIC 1732Lenticular5.8 million ly
apartNGC 717Lenticular7.0 million ly
apartNGC 704BElliptical9.1 million ly
apartNGC 679Elliptical9.4 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 708Elliptical4.5 million ly
apartIC 1732Lenticular5.8 million ly
apartNGC 717Lenticular7.0 million ly
apartNGC 704BElliptical9.1 million ly
apartNGC 679Elliptical9.4 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).