NGC 7740
NGC 7740
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
423 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
133k ly
across
14.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 423 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 7740 as it looked roughly 423 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 7720 NED01Elliptical8.6 million ly
apartIC 5342Elliptical12 million ly
apartNGC 7728Elliptical17 million ly
apartNGC 7718Spiral23 million ly
apartNGC 7735Elliptical26 million ly
apartNGC 7768Elliptical39 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 5342Elliptical12 million ly
apartNGC 7728Elliptical17 million ly
apartNGC 7718Spiral23 million ly
apartNGC 7735Elliptical26 million ly
apartNGC 7768Elliptical39 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).