NGC 7773
NGC 7773
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sbc
391 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
125k ly
across
14.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 391 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 7773 as it looked roughly 391 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 7768Elliptical29 million ly
apartNGC 7767Lenticular32 million ly
apartNGC 7766Galaxy34 million ly
apartNGC 22Barred spiral35 million ly
apartNGC 7720AElliptical38 million ly
apartNGC 7747Barred spiral41 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 7767Lenticular32 million ly
apartNGC 7766Galaxy34 million ly
apartNGC 22Barred spiral35 million ly
apartNGC 7720AElliptical38 million ly
apartNGC 7747Barred spiral41 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).