NGC 766
NGC 766
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
378 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
199k ly
across
14.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 378 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 766 as it looked roughly 378 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 791Elliptical7.0 million ly
apartNGC 810 NED01Elliptical37 million ly
apartIC 1775Spiral39 million ly
apartIC 1755Spiral42 million ly
apartNGC 840Barred spiral45 million ly
apartNGC 810 NED02Elliptical46 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 810 NED01Elliptical37 million ly
apartIC 1775Spiral39 million ly
apartIC 1755Spiral42 million ly
apartNGC 840Barred spiral45 million ly
apartNGC 810 NED02Elliptical46 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).