NGC 772
NGC 772
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sb
116 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
154k ly
across
10.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 116 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 772 as it looked roughly 116 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 770Elliptical7.0 million ly
apartNGC 691Barred spiral9.2 million ly
apartIC 163Barred spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 678Barred spiral18 million ly
apartNGC 680Elliptical19 million ly
apartNGC 803Spiral19 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 691Barred spiral9.2 million ly
apartIC 163Barred spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 678Barred spiral18 million ly
apartNGC 680Elliptical19 million ly
apartNGC 803Spiral19 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).