NGC 7796
NGC 7796
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
157 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
125k ly
across
11.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 157 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 7796 as it looked roughly 157 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 7702Lenticular13 million ly
apartNGC 7650Barred spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 7657Spiral16 million ly
apartNGC 7676Elliptical16 million ly
apartNGC 92Spiral21 million ly
apartNGC 88Lenticular22 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 7650Barred spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 7657Spiral16 million ly
apartNGC 7676Elliptical16 million ly
apartNGC 92Spiral21 million ly
apartNGC 88Lenticular22 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).