NGC 712
NGC 712
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
246 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
77k ly
across
14.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 246 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 712 as it looked roughly 246 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 171Lenticular7.2 million ly
apartNGC 687Lenticular9.1 million ly
apartNGC 717Lenticular12 million ly
apartNGC 653Spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 679Elliptical12 million ly
apartNGC 703Elliptical15 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 687Lenticular9.1 million ly
apartNGC 717Lenticular12 million ly
apartNGC 653Spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 679Elliptical12 million ly
apartNGC 703Elliptical15 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).