NGC 7775
NGC 7775
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · SABc
314 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
90k ly
across
13.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 314 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 7775 as it looked roughly 314 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 7777Lenticular11 million ly
apartNGC 27Barred spiral26 million ly
apartNGC 69Elliptical32 million ly
apartNGC 71Elliptical32 million ly
apartNGC 72AElliptical32 million ly
apartNGC 72Spiral34 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 27Barred spiral26 million ly
apartNGC 69Elliptical32 million ly
apartNGC 71Elliptical32 million ly
apartNGC 72AElliptical32 million ly
apartNGC 72Spiral34 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).