NGC 7767
NGC 7767
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
375 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
120k ly
across
14.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 375 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 7767 as it looked roughly 375 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 7766Galaxy2.8 million ly
apartNGC 7768Elliptical11 million ly
apartNGC 7747Barred spiral16 million ly
apartNGC 7720AElliptical18 million ly
apartNGC 7765Galaxy23 million ly
apartNGC 7737Lenticular24 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 7768Elliptical11 million ly
apartNGC 7747Barred spiral16 million ly
apartNGC 7720AElliptical18 million ly
apartNGC 7765Galaxy23 million ly
apartNGC 7737Lenticular24 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).