NGC 7700
NGC 7700
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
239 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
142k ly
across
15.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 239 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 7700 as it looked roughly 239 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 7701Lenticular2.6 million ly
apartIC 1501Spiral2.8 million ly
apartIC 1496Lenticular4.1 million ly
apartIC 1492Lenticular8.6 million ly
apartIC 1498Barred spiral10 million ly
apartNGC 7692Irregular12 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 1501Spiral2.8 million ly
apartIC 1496Lenticular4.1 million ly
apartIC 1492Lenticular8.6 million ly
apartIC 1498Barred spiral10 million ly
apartNGC 7692Irregular12 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).