NGC 7777
NGC 7777
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
324 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
119k ly
across
14.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 324 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 7777 as it looked roughly 324 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 7775Spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 27Barred spiral22 million ly
apartNGC 7765Galaxy29 million ly
apartNGC 7698Lenticular31 million ly
apartNGC 2Spiral31 million ly
apartNGC 72Spiral33 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 27Barred spiral22 million ly
apartNGC 7765Galaxy29 million ly
apartNGC 7698Lenticular31 million ly
apartNGC 2Spiral31 million ly
apartNGC 72Spiral33 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).