NGC 7488
NGC 7488
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E-S0
585 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
105k ly
across
14.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 585 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 7488 as it looked roughly 585 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 7459 NED01Elliptical62 million ly
apartNGC 7501Elliptical68 million ly
apartNGC 7583Lenticular71 million ly
apartNGC 7499Lenticular74 million ly
apartNGC 7503Elliptical76 million ly
apartIC 5291Galaxy86 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 7501Elliptical68 million ly
apartNGC 7583Lenticular71 million ly
apartNGC 7499Lenticular74 million ly
apartNGC 7503Elliptical76 million ly
apartIC 5291Galaxy86 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).