NGC 778
NGC 778
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
253 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
77k ly
across
14.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 253 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 778 as it looked roughly 253 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 804Lenticular7.8 million ly
apartIC 200Barred spiral8.7 million ly
apartNGC 751Elliptical8.7 million ly
apartNGC 789Barred spiral9.4 million ly
apartNGC 783Spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 750Elliptical12 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 200Barred spiral8.7 million ly
apartNGC 751Elliptical8.7 million ly
apartNGC 789Barred spiral9.4 million ly
apartNGC 783Spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 750Elliptical12 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).