NGC 7745
NGC 7745
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Galaxy
morphology
824 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
163k ly
across
16.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 824 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 7745 as it looked roughly 824 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
IC 5338Elliptical78 million ly
apartIC 5336 NED01Galaxy82 million ly
apartIC 5337Barred spiral89 million ly
apartIC 5336 NED02Galaxy100 million ly
apartNGC 7792Lenticular240 million ly
apartNGC 326 NED01Elliptical260 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 5336 NED01Galaxy82 million ly
apartIC 5337Barred spiral89 million ly
apartIC 5336 NED02Galaxy100 million ly
apartNGC 7792Lenticular240 million ly
apartNGC 326 NED01Elliptical260 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).