NGC 7781
NGC 7781
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
259 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
81k ly
across
13.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 259 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 7781 as it looked roughly 259 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 7782Barred spiral9.9 million ly
apartNGC 7778Elliptical14 million ly
apartNGC 7802Lenticular17 million ly
apartNGC 7816Barred spiral18 million ly
apartNGC 7780Spiral19 million ly
apartNGC 7794Spiral20 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 7778Elliptical14 million ly
apartNGC 7802Lenticular17 million ly
apartNGC 7816Barred spiral18 million ly
apartNGC 7780Spiral19 million ly
apartNGC 7794Spiral20 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).