NGC 765
NGC 765
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · SABb
238 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
182k ly
across
12.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 238 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 765 as it looked roughly 238 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 1764Barred spiral5.1 million ly
apartIC 187Spiral7.7 million ly
apartIC 188Spiral8.3 million ly
apartNGC 776Spiral11 million ly
apartIC 180Barred spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 780Barred spiral15 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 187Spiral7.7 million ly
apartIC 188Spiral8.3 million ly
apartNGC 776Spiral11 million ly
apartIC 180Barred spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 780Barred spiral15 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).