NGC 7726
NGC 7726
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sb
355 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
140k ly
across
15.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 355 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 7726 as it looked roughly 355 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 7737Lenticular5.0 million ly
apartNGC 7747Barred spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 7765Galaxy16 million ly
apartNGC 7720AElliptical22 million ly
apartNGC 7766Galaxy24 million ly
apartNGC 7767Lenticular26 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 7747Barred spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 7765Galaxy16 million ly
apartNGC 7720AElliptical22 million ly
apartNGC 7766Galaxy24 million ly
apartNGC 7767Lenticular26 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).