NGC 7724
NGC 7724
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBb
89 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
38k ly
across
13.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 89 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 7724 as it looked roughly 89 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 spiral2.1 million ly
apartNGC 7727Spiral3.6 million ly
apartNGC 7709Lenticular8.7 million ly
apartNGC 7721Spiral10 million ly
apartNGC 7606Barred spiral18 million ly
apartIC 5334Barred spiral20 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 7727Spiral3.6 million ly
apartNGC 7709Lenticular8.7 million ly
apartNGC 7721Spiral10 million ly
apartNGC 7606Barred spiral18 million ly
apartIC 5334Barred spiral20 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).