NGC 7755
NGC 7755
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sc
139 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
149k ly
across
11.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 139 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 7755 as it looked roughly 139 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 7713ASpiral18 million ly
apartNGC 7484Elliptical26 million ly
apartIC 1553Spiral27 million ly
apartNGC 101Spiral28 million ly
apartNGC 7744Elliptical30 million ly
apartIC 5321Barred spiral32 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 7484Elliptical26 million ly
apartIC 1553Spiral27 million ly
apartNGC 101Spiral28 million ly
apartNGC 7744Elliptical30 million ly
apartIC 5321Barred spiral32 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).