NGC 773
NGC 773
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · SABa
257 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
103k ly
across
13.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 257 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 773 as it looked roughly 257 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 726Barred spiral7.7 million ly
apartNGC 699Barred spiral9.4 million ly
apartNGC 715Barred spiral11 million ly
apartIC 1767Spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 747Barred spiral12 million ly
apartIC 160Elliptical16 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 699Barred spiral9.4 million ly
apartNGC 715Barred spiral11 million ly
apartIC 1767Spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 747Barred spiral12 million ly
apartIC 160Elliptical16 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).