NGC 7705
NGC 7705
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
263 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
44k ly
across
15.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 263 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 7705 as it looked roughly 263 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 7706Lenticular1.1 million ly
apartNGC 7696Lenticular1.9 million ly
apartNGC 7704Elliptical6.3 million ly
apartNGC 7685Spiral6.6 million ly
apartIC 1507Lenticular23 million ly
apartNGC 7679Lenticular25 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 7696Lenticular1.9 million ly
apartNGC 7704Elliptical6.3 million ly
apartNGC 7685Spiral6.6 million ly
apartIC 1507Lenticular23 million ly
apartNGC 7679Lenticular25 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).