NGC 775
NGC 775
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · SABc
214 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
105k ly
across
13.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 214 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 775 as it looked roughly 214 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
IC 1763Barred spiral5.7 million ly
apartNGC 823Elliptical11 million ly
apartIC 1768Lenticular11 million ly
apartNGC 686Elliptical13 million ly
apartNGC 749Lenticular17 million ly
apartNGC 689Spiral20 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 823Elliptical11 million ly
apartIC 1768Lenticular11 million ly
apartNGC 686Elliptical13 million ly
apartNGC 749Lenticular17 million ly
apartNGC 689Spiral20 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).