NGC 709
NGC 709
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E-S0
167 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
35k ly
across
14.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 167 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 709 as it looked roughly 167 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 684Barred spiral25 million ly
apartNGC 670Lenticular26 million ly
apartIC 1731Spiral26 million ly
apartNGC 661Elliptical27 million ly
apartNGC 968Elliptical27 million ly
apartIC 1684Lenticular28 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 670Lenticular26 million ly
apartIC 1731Spiral26 million ly
apartNGC 661Elliptical27 million ly
apartNGC 968Elliptical27 million ly
apartIC 1684Lenticular28 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).