NGC 7779
NGC 7779
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
238 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
103k ly
across
12.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 238 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 7779 as it looked roughly 238 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 7780Spiral2.5 million ly
apartNGC 7778Elliptical7.0 million ly
apartNGC 7782Barred spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 7816Barred spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 7802Lenticular14 million ly
apartNGC 7834Spiral15 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 7778Elliptical7.0 million ly
apartNGC 7782Barred spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 7816Barred spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 7802Lenticular14 million ly
apartNGC 7834Spiral15 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).