NGC 7786
NGC 7786
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
202 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
33k ly
across
13.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 202 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 7786 as it looked roughly 202 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 7770Lenticular6.2 million ly
apartNGC 7769Barred spiral10 million ly
apartNGC 9Barred spiral16 million ly
apartNGC 7771Spiral17 million ly
apartNGC 23Spiral22 million ly
apartNGC 26Spiral23 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 7769Barred spiral10 million ly
apartNGC 9Barred spiral16 million ly
apartNGC 7771Spiral17 million ly
apartNGC 23Spiral22 million ly
apartNGC 26Spiral23 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).