NGC 7778
NGC 7778
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
245 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
73k ly
across
12.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 245 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 7778 as it looked roughly 245 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 7782Barred spiral4.6 million ly
apartNGC 7780Spiral4.8 million ly
apartNGC 7779Lenticular7.0 million ly
apartNGC 7802Lenticular11 million ly
apartNGC 7816Barred spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 7794Spiral13 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 7780Spiral4.8 million ly
apartNGC 7779Lenticular7.0 million ly
apartNGC 7802Lenticular11 million ly
apartNGC 7816Barred spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 7794Spiral13 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).