NGC 7752
NGC 7752
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · S?
231 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
62k ly
across
14.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 231 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 7752 as it looked roughly 231 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 7760Elliptical8.6 million ly
apartNGC 7753Spiral10 million ly
apartNGC 7729Spiral14 million ly
apartIC 5355Barred spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 7805Lenticular16 million ly
apartNGC 7806Spiral16 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 7753Spiral10 million ly
apartNGC 7729Spiral14 million ly
apartIC 5355Barred spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 7805Lenticular16 million ly
apartNGC 7806Spiral16 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).