NGC 7487
NGC 7487
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
445 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
233k ly
across
14.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 445 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 7487 as it looked roughly 445 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 7439Lenticular18 million ly
apartNGC 7420Barred spiral23 million ly
apartNGC 7620Spiral39 million ly
apartIC 5342Elliptical56 million ly
apartNGC 7718Spiral57 million ly
apartNGC 7728Elliptical58 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 7420Barred spiral23 million ly
apartNGC 7620Spiral39 million ly
apartIC 5342Elliptical56 million ly
apartNGC 7718Spiral57 million ly
apartNGC 7728Elliptical58 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).