NGC 755
NGC 755
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBbc
77 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
64k ly
across
12.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 77 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 755 as it looked roughly 77 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 681Spiral6.2 million ly
apartNGC 720Elliptical6.4 million ly
apartNGC 853Spiral7.0 million ly
apartNGC 701Barred spiral9.2 million ly
apartNGC 814Lenticular10 million ly
apartNGC 636Elliptical12 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 720Elliptical6.4 million ly
apartNGC 853Spiral7.0 million ly
apartNGC 701Barred spiral9.2 million ly
apartNGC 814Lenticular10 million ly
apartNGC 636Elliptical12 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).