NGC 720
NGC 720
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
75 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
99k ly
across
10.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 75 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 720 as it looked roughly 75 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 814Lenticular6.2 million ly
apartNGC 755Barred spiral6.4 million ly
apartNGC 681Spiral8.2 million ly
apartNGC 853Spiral9.0 million ly
apartNGC 701Barred spiral12 million ly
apartIC 223Irregular13 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 755Barred spiral6.4 million ly
apartNGC 681Spiral8.2 million ly
apartNGC 853Spiral9.0 million ly
apartNGC 701Barred spiral12 million ly
apartIC 223Irregular13 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).