NGC 7505
NGC 7505
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
318 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
92k ly
across
15.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 318 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 7505 as it looked roughly 318 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 7387Elliptical31 million ly
apartNGC 7681Lenticular32 million ly
apartNGC 7442Spiral32 million ly
apartNGC 7451Barred spiral32 million ly
apartNGC 7569Lenticular32 million ly
apartNGC 7430Lenticular33 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 7681Lenticular32 million ly
apartNGC 7442Spiral32 million ly
apartNGC 7451Barred spiral32 million ly
apartNGC 7569Lenticular32 million ly
apartNGC 7430Lenticular33 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).