NGC 7721
NGC 7721
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sc
94 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
84k ly
across
11.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 94 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 7721 as it looked roughly 94 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 7724Barred spiral10 million ly
apartIC 5334Barred spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 7695Spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 7723Barred spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 7727Spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 7606Barred spiral14 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 5334Barred spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 7695Spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 7723Barred spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 7727Spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 7606Barred spiral14 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).