NGC 7746
NGC 7746
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
325 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
110k ly
across
14.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 325 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 7746 as it looked roughly 325 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 5357Elliptical4.6 million ly
apartIC 5359Spiral5.4 million ly
apartNGC 7738Barred spiral15 million ly
apartIC 5352Lenticular16 million ly
apartIC 1515Barred spiral20 million ly
apartNGC 7739Elliptical20 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 5359Spiral5.4 million ly
apartNGC 7738Barred spiral15 million ly
apartIC 5352Lenticular16 million ly
apartIC 1515Barred spiral20 million ly
apartNGC 7739Elliptical20 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).