NGC 770
NGC 770
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
123 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
33k ly
across
13.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 123 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 770 as it looked roughly 123 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 772Barred spiral7.0 million ly
apartNGC 691Barred spiral7.5 million ly
apartIC 163Barred spiral8.8 million ly
apartNGC 678Barred spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 680Elliptical13 million ly
apartIC 1730Spiral16 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 691Barred spiral7.5 million ly
apartIC 163Barred spiral8.8 million ly
apartNGC 678Barred spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 680Elliptical13 million ly
apartIC 1730Spiral16 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).