NGC 7769
NGC 7769
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sb
194 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
99k ly
across
11.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 194 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 7769 as it looked roughly 194 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 7770Lenticular8.4 million ly
apartNGC 7786Elliptical10 million ly
apartNGC 7722Lenticular19 million ly
apartNGC 7703Lenticular20 million ly
apartNGC 7711Lenticular21 million ly
apartNGC 7691Barred spiral22 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 7786Elliptical10 million ly
apartNGC 7722Lenticular19 million ly
apartNGC 7703Lenticular20 million ly
apartNGC 7711Lenticular21 million ly
apartNGC 7691Barred spiral22 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).