NGC 7749
NGC 7749
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
489 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
249k ly
across
15.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 489 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 7749 as it looked roughly 489 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 5364 NED01Lenticular69 million ly
apartIC 5364 NED02Elliptical69 million ly
apartNGC 7719Spiral71 million ly
apartIC 5289 NED02Lenticular78 million ly
apartIC 5349 NED02Elliptical81 million ly
apartIC 5358Elliptical83 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 5364 NED02Elliptical69 million ly
apartNGC 7719Spiral71 million ly
apartIC 5289 NED02Lenticular78 million ly
apartIC 5349 NED02Elliptical81 million ly
apartIC 5358Elliptical83 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).