NGC 7713A
NGC 7713A
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sc
141 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
65k ly
across
12.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 141 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 7713A as it looked roughly 141 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 7744Elliptical13 million ly
apartIC 5328Elliptical18 million ly
apartNGC 7755Spiral18 million ly
apartNGC 7484Elliptical20 million ly
apartNGC 7476Barred spiral20 million ly
apartNGC 7400Barred spiral27 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 5328Elliptical18 million ly
apartNGC 7755Spiral18 million ly
apartNGC 7484Elliptical20 million ly
apartNGC 7476Barred spiral20 million ly
apartNGC 7400Barred spiral27 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).