NGC 72
NGC 72
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sab
323 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
109k ly
across
13.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 323 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 72 as it looked roughly 323 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 72AElliptical5.3 million ly
apartNGC 70Barred spiral9.6 million ly
apartNGC 71Elliptical11 million ly
apartNGC 74Barred spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 69Elliptical12 million ly
apartNGC 27Barred spiral12 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 70Barred spiral9.6 million ly
apartNGC 71Elliptical11 million ly
apartNGC 74Barred spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 69Elliptical12 million ly
apartNGC 27Barred spiral12 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).