NGC 76
NGC 76
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
345 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
129k ly
across
14.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 345 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 76 as it looked roughly 345 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 74Barred spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 70Barred spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 2Spiral22 million ly
apartNGC 27Barred spiral22 million ly
apartNGC 72Spiral22 million ly
apartNGC 72AElliptical28 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 70Barred spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 2Spiral22 million ly
apartNGC 27Barred spiral22 million ly
apartNGC 72Spiral22 million ly
apartNGC 72AElliptical28 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).