NGC 7771
NGC 7771
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sa
218 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
159k ly
across
12.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 218 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 7771 as it looked roughly 218 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 7770Lenticular15 million ly
apartNGC 7786Elliptical17 million ly
apartNGC 9Barred spiral22 million ly
apartNGC 7769Barred spiral23 million ly
apartNGC 26Spiral27 million ly
apartNGC 23Spiral27 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 7786Elliptical17 million ly
apartNGC 9Barred spiral22 million ly
apartNGC 7769Barred spiral23 million ly
apartNGC 26Spiral27 million ly
apartNGC 23Spiral27 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).