NGC 7768
NGC 7768
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
386 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
166k ly
across
12.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 386 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 7768 as it looked roughly 386 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 7767Lenticular11 million ly
apartNGC 7766Galaxy14 million ly
apartNGC 7720AElliptical21 million ly
apartNGC 7747Barred spiral26 million ly
apartNGC 22Barred spiral29 million ly
apartNGC 7773Barred spiral29 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 7766Galaxy14 million ly
apartNGC 7720AElliptical21 million ly
apartNGC 7747Barred spiral26 million ly
apartNGC 22Barred spiral29 million ly
apartNGC 7773Barred spiral29 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).