NGC 7764A
NGC 7764A
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sc
434 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
93k ly
across
13.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 434 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 7764A as it looked roughly 434 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 7658BLenticular80 million ly
apartNGC 7658ALenticular88 million ly
apartIC 5364 NED01Lenticular89 million ly
apartIC 5364 NED02Elliptical89 million ly
apartIC 5358Elliptical97 million ly
apartNGC 238Barred spiral97 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 7658ALenticular88 million ly
apartIC 5364 NED01Lenticular89 million ly
apartIC 5364 NED02Elliptical89 million ly
apartIC 5358Elliptical97 million ly
apartNGC 238Barred spiral97 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).