NGC 7737
NGC 7737
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
354 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
112k ly
across
14.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 354 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 7737 as it looked roughly 354 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 7726Barred spiral5.0 million ly
apartNGC 7747Barred spiral8.3 million ly
apartNGC 7765Galaxy11 million ly
apartNGC 7766Galaxy21 million ly
apartNGC 7720AElliptical24 million ly
apartNGC 7767Lenticular24 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 7747Barred spiral8.3 million ly
apartNGC 7765Galaxy11 million ly
apartNGC 7766Galaxy21 million ly
apartNGC 7720AElliptical24 million ly
apartNGC 7767Lenticular24 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).