NGC 7709
NGC 7709
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
84 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
54k ly
across
13.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 84 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 7709 as it looked roughly 84 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 7723Barred spiral6.8 million ly
apartNGC 7727Spiral6.9 million ly
apartNGC 7724Barred spiral8.7 million ly
apartNGC 7721Spiral19 million ly
apartNGC 7513Barred spiral20 million ly
apartNGC 7507Elliptical21 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 7727Spiral6.9 million ly
apartNGC 7724Barred spiral8.7 million ly
apartNGC 7721Spiral19 million ly
apartNGC 7513Barred spiral20 million ly
apartNGC 7507Elliptical21 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).