NGC 72A
NGC 72A
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
318 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
35k ly
across
14.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 318 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 72A as it looked roughly 318 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 72Spiral5.3 million ly
apartNGC 71Elliptical5.8 million ly
apartNGC 69Elliptical6.5 million ly
apartNGC 27Barred spiral15 million ly
apartNGC 70Barred spiral15 million ly
apartNGC 74Barred spiral17 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 71Elliptical5.8 million ly
apartNGC 69Elliptical6.5 million ly
apartNGC 27Barred spiral15 million ly
apartNGC 70Barred spiral15 million ly
apartNGC 74Barred spiral17 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).