NGC 779
NGC 779
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · SABb
65 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
25k ly
across
11.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 65 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 779 as it looked roughly 65 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 853Spiral8.7 million ly
apartNGC 963Irregular9.9 million ly
apartNGC 1047Lenticular12 million ly
apartNGC 936Lenticular12 million ly
apartNGC 1042Spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 1022Barred spiral12 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 963Irregular9.9 million ly
apartNGC 1047Lenticular12 million ly
apartNGC 936Lenticular12 million ly
apartNGC 1042Spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 1022Barred spiral12 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).