NGC 7764
NGC 7764
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBm
79 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
45k ly
across
12.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 79 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 7764 as it looked roughly 79 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 7599Barred spiral8.6 million ly
apartNGC 7590Barred spiral9.4 million ly
apartNGC 7552Spiral9.9 million ly
apartNGC 7582Barred spiral10 million ly
apartIC 5325Barred spiral10 million ly
apartNGC 7632Lenticular11 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 7590Barred spiral9.4 million ly
apartNGC 7552Spiral9.9 million ly
apartNGC 7582Barred spiral10 million ly
apartIC 5325Barred spiral10 million ly
apartNGC 7632Lenticular11 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).