NGC 769
NGC 769
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sc
207 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
51k ly
across
13.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 207 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 769 as it looked roughly 207 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 738Lenticular8.4 million ly
apartNGC 736Elliptical8.6 million ly
apartNGC 739Lenticular9.5 million ly
apartNGC 805Lenticular10 million ly
apartNGC 740Barred spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 735Barred spiral15 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 736Elliptical8.6 million ly
apartNGC 739Lenticular9.5 million ly
apartNGC 805Lenticular10 million ly
apartNGC 740Barred spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 735Barred 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).