NGC 7780
NGC 7780
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · SABa
240 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
69k ly
across
13.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 240 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 7780 as it looked roughly 240 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 7779Lenticular2.5 million ly
apartNGC 7778Elliptical4.8 million ly
apartNGC 7782Barred spiral9.2 million ly
apartNGC 7816Barred spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 7802Lenticular13 million ly
apartNGC 7794Spiral13 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 7778Elliptical4.8 million ly
apartNGC 7782Barred spiral9.2 million ly
apartNGC 7816Barred spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 7802Lenticular13 million ly
apartNGC 7794Spiral13 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).