NGC 7734
NGC 7734
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBb
492 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
201k ly
across
13.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 492 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 7734 as it looked roughly 492 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 7733Barred spiral18 million ly
apartIC 5277Spiral50 million ly
apartIC 5302Lenticular56 million ly
apartIC 5221Spiral65 million ly
apartNGC 7652Spiral73 million ly
apartIC 5202Barred spiral74 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 5277Spiral50 million ly
apartIC 5302Lenticular56 million ly
apartIC 5221Spiral65 million ly
apartNGC 7652Spiral73 million ly
apartIC 5202Barred spiral74 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).