NGC 751
NGC 751
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
253 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
121k ly
across
13.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 253 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 751 as it looked roughly 253 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 750Elliptical8.5 million ly
apartNGC 778Lenticular8.7 million ly
apartIC 171Lenticular10 million ly
apartNGC 789Barred spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 783Spiral13 million ly
apartIC 200Barred spiral14 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 778Lenticular8.7 million ly
apartIC 171Lenticular10 million ly
apartNGC 789Barred spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 783Spiral13 million ly
apartIC 200Barred spiral14 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).