NGC 7759
NGC 7759
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
346 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
154k ly
across
13.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 346 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 7759 as it looked roughly 346 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 1509Spiral7.9 million ly
apartNGC 7754Spiral16 million ly
apartNGC 7761Lenticular22 million ly
apartNGC 7821Spiral24 million ly
apartNGC 7807Barred spiral25 million ly
apartNGC 7656Lenticular39 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 7754Spiral16 million ly
apartNGC 7761Lenticular22 million ly
apartNGC 7821Spiral24 million ly
apartNGC 7807Barred spiral25 million ly
apartNGC 7656Lenticular39 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).