NGC 761
NGC 761
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBa
230 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
99k ly
across
14.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 230 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 761 as it looked roughly 230 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 785Elliptical7.2 million ly
apartNGC 798Elliptical8.5 million ly
apartNGC 777Elliptical8.7 million ly
apartNGC 753Spiral10 million ly
apartIC 1732Lenticular12 million ly
apartNGC 708Elliptical12 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 798Elliptical8.5 million ly
apartNGC 777Elliptical8.7 million ly
apartNGC 753Spiral10 million ly
apartIC 1732Lenticular12 million ly
apartNGC 708Elliptical12 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).