NGC 7739
NGC 7739
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
308 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
68k ly
across
14.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 308 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 7739 as it looked roughly 308 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 7738Barred spiral8.5 million ly
apartIC 5352Lenticular15 million ly
apartNGC 7787Lenticular16 million ly
apartIC 1515Barred spiral18 million ly
apartIC 5351Elliptical20 million ly
apartNGC 7746Lenticular20 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 5352Lenticular15 million ly
apartNGC 7787Lenticular16 million ly
apartIC 1515Barred spiral18 million ly
apartIC 5351Elliptical20 million ly
apartNGC 7746Lenticular20 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).