NGC 7770
NGC 7770
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
203 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
57k ly
across
13.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 203 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 7770 as it looked roughly 203 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 7786Elliptical6.2 million ly
apartNGC 7769Barred spiral8.4 million ly
apartNGC 7771Spiral15 million ly
apartNGC 9Barred spiral21 million ly
apartNGC 7722Lenticular24 million ly
apartNGC 7711Lenticular25 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 7769Barred spiral8.4 million ly
apartNGC 7771Spiral15 million ly
apartNGC 9Barred spiral21 million ly
apartNGC 7722Lenticular24 million ly
apartNGC 7711Lenticular25 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).