NGC 7704
NGC 7704
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E-S0
269 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
86k ly
across
15.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 269 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 7704 as it looked roughly 269 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 7696Lenticular5.2 million ly
apartNGC 7705Lenticular6.3 million ly
apartNGC 7706Lenticular7.1 million ly
apartNGC 7685Spiral9.3 million ly
apartIC 1481Spiral24 million ly
apartIC 1504Barred spiral26 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 7705Lenticular6.3 million ly
apartNGC 7706Lenticular7.1 million ly
apartNGC 7685Spiral9.3 million ly
apartIC 1481Spiral24 million ly
apartIC 1504Barred spiral26 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).