NGC 749
NGC 749
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
204 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
123k ly
across
13.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 204 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 749 as it looked roughly 204 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
IC 1763Barred spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 689Spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 775Spiral17 million ly
apartIC 1768Lenticular18 million ly
apartNGC 823Elliptical19 million ly
apartIC 1722Spiral22 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 689Spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 775Spiral17 million ly
apartIC 1768Lenticular18 million ly
apartNGC 823Elliptical19 million ly
apartIC 1722Spiral22 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).