NGC 7797
NGC 7797
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sbc
412 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
108k ly
across
14.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 412 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 7797 as it looked roughly 412 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
IC 5374Spiral8.8 million ly
apartIC 1527Spiral13 million ly
apartIC 5375Spiral15 million ly
apartNGC 7825Spiral40 million ly
apartIC 1506Lenticular45 million ly
apartNGC 7783 NED02Elliptical47 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 1527Spiral13 million ly
apartIC 5375Spiral15 million ly
apartNGC 7825Spiral40 million ly
apartIC 1506Lenticular45 million ly
apartNGC 7783 NED02Elliptical47 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).