NGC 7757
NGC 7757
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · SABc
138 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
73k ly
across
12.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 138 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 7757 as it looked roughly 138 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 7750Barred spiral2.4 million ly
apartNGC 7731Barred spiral6.5 million ly
apartNGC 7732Spiral8.5 million ly
apartNGC 7820Lenticular11 million ly
apartNGC 7714Barred spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 7715Irregular13 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 7731Barred spiral6.5 million ly
apartNGC 7732Spiral8.5 million ly
apartNGC 7820Lenticular11 million ly
apartNGC 7714Barred spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 7715Irregular13 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).