NGC 7720A
NGC 7720A
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
377 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
75k ly
across
13.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 377 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 7720A as it looked roughly 377 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 7767Lenticular18 million ly
apartNGC 7766Galaxy19 million ly
apartNGC 7747Barred spiral19 million ly
apartNGC 7768Elliptical21 million ly
apartNGC 7726Barred spiral22 million ly
apartNGC 7737Lenticular24 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 7766Galaxy19 million ly
apartNGC 7747Barred spiral19 million ly
apartNGC 7768Elliptical21 million ly
apartNGC 7726Barred spiral22 million ly
apartNGC 7737Lenticular24 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).