NGC 7751
NGC 7751
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
153 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
66k ly
across
13.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 153 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 7751 as it looked roughly 153 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 7732Spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 7731Barred spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 7820Lenticular16 million ly
apartNGC 7757Spiral17 million ly
apartNGC 7634Lenticular18 million ly
apartNGC 7611Lenticular19 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 7731Barred spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 7820Lenticular16 million ly
apartNGC 7757Spiral17 million ly
apartNGC 7634Lenticular18 million ly
apartNGC 7611Lenticular19 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).