NGC 7785
NGC 7785
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
179 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
102k ly
across
11.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 179 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 7785 as it looked roughly 179 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 12Spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 3Lenticular12 million ly
apartNGC 7751Elliptical27 million ly
apartNGC 7683Lenticular27 million ly
apartNGC 7631Barred spiral27 million ly
apartNGC 7621Galaxy28 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3Lenticular12 million ly
apartNGC 7751Elliptical27 million ly
apartNGC 7683Lenticular27 million ly
apartNGC 7631Barred spiral27 million ly
apartNGC 7621Galaxy28 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).