NGC 7736
NGC 7736
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
210 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
102k ly
across
12.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 210 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 7736 as it looked roughly 210 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 7665Barred spiral43 million ly
apartNGC 7381Spiral45 million ly
apartIC 16Lenticular50 million ly
apartNGC 171Spiral52 million ly
apartNGC 209Elliptical53 million ly
apartNGC 7763Elliptical53 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 7381Spiral45 million ly
apartIC 16Lenticular50 million ly
apartNGC 171Spiral52 million ly
apartNGC 209Elliptical53 million ly
apartNGC 7763Elliptical53 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).