NGC 7763
NGC 7763
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E-S0
261 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
55k ly
across
15.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 261 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 7763 as it looked roughly 261 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 7829Lenticular25 million ly
apartNGC 7828Spiral25 million ly
apartNGC 17Lenticular37 million ly
apartNGC 35Barred spiral38 million ly
apartIC 1495Barred spiral45 million ly
apartNGC 50Elliptical50 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 7828Spiral25 million ly
apartNGC 17Lenticular37 million ly
apartNGC 35Barred spiral38 million ly
apartIC 1495Barred spiral45 million ly
apartNGC 50Elliptical50 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).