NGC 777
NGC 777
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
233 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
187k ly
across
11.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 233 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 777 as it looked roughly 233 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 785Elliptical2.5 million ly
apartNGC 798Elliptical4.1 million ly
apartNGC 761Barred spiral8.7 million ly
apartNGC 783Spiral8.7 million ly
apartNGC 789Barred spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 826Elliptical12 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 798Elliptical4.1 million ly
apartNGC 761Barred spiral8.7 million ly
apartNGC 783Spiral8.7 million ly
apartNGC 789Barred spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 826Elliptical12 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).