NGC 759
NGC 759
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
217 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
71k ly
across
12.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 217 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 759 as it looked roughly 217 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 704BElliptical5.0 million ly
apartNGC 700Lenticular6.1 million ly
apartIC 178Spiral8.1 million ly
apartNGC 735Barred spiral8.4 million ly
apartNGC 669Spiral8.9 million ly
apartNGC 705Lenticular9.0 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 700Lenticular6.1 million ly
apartIC 178Spiral8.1 million ly
apartNGC 735Barred spiral8.4 million ly
apartNGC 669Spiral8.9 million ly
apartNGC 705Lenticular9.0 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).