NGC 7743
NGC 7743
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
79 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
60k ly
across
12.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 79 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 7743 as it looked roughly 79 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 7742Barred spiral2.1 million ly
apartNGC 7800Irregular8.5 million ly
apartNGC 7625Spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 7497Spiral16 million ly
apartNGC 7454Elliptical23 million ly
apartNGC 7464Elliptical24 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 7800Irregular8.5 million ly
apartNGC 7625Spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 7497Spiral16 million ly
apartNGC 7454Elliptical23 million ly
apartNGC 7464Elliptical24 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).