NGC 7714
NGC 7714
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sb
131 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
83k ly
across
13.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 131 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 7714 as it looked roughly 131 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 7715Irregular2.2 million ly
apartNGC 7750Barred spiral8.8 million ly
apartNGC 7667Spiral9.2 million ly
apartNGC 7716Barred spiral9.7 million ly
apartNGC 7757Spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 7731Barred spiral13 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 7750Barred spiral8.8 million ly
apartNGC 7667Spiral9.2 million ly
apartNGC 7716Barred spiral9.7 million ly
apartNGC 7757Spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 7731Barred spiral13 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).