NGC 750
NGC 750
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
245 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
105k ly
across
13.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 245 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 750 as it looked roughly 245 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 789Barred spiral6.6 million ly
apartNGC 783Spiral7.1 million ly
apartNGC 751Elliptical8.5 million ly
apartIC 171Lenticular9.9 million ly
apartIC 200Barred spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 798Elliptical12 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 783Spiral7.1 million ly
apartNGC 751Elliptical8.5 million ly
apartIC 171Lenticular9.9 million ly
apartIC 200Barred spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 798Elliptical12 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).