NGC 714
NGC 714
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
202 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
86k ly
across
13.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 202 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 714 as it looked roughly 202 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 705Lenticular7.8 million ly
apartNGC 688Barred spiral7.9 million ly
apartNGC 668Barred spiral9.6 million ly
apartIC 179Elliptical11 million ly
apartNGC 736Elliptical12 million ly
apartNGC 700Lenticular12 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 688Barred spiral7.9 million ly
apartNGC 668Barred spiral9.6 million ly
apartIC 179Elliptical11 million ly
apartNGC 736Elliptical12 million ly
apartNGC 700Lenticular12 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).