NGC 748
NGC 748
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sb
247 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
184k ly
across
12.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 247 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 748 as it looked roughly 247 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 790Lenticular7.0 million ly
apartIC 164Elliptical8.6 million ly
apartIC 184Barred spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 762Spiral18 million ly
apartIC 170Elliptical19 million ly
apartNGC 707Elliptical19 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 164Elliptical8.6 million ly
apartIC 184Barred spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 762Spiral18 million ly
apartIC 170Elliptical19 million ly
apartNGC 707Elliptical19 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).