NGC 7506
NGC 7506
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
181 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
66k ly
across
14.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 181 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 7506 as it looked roughly 181 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
IC 1467Spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 7532Lenticular15 million ly
apartNGC 7530Lenticular17 million ly
apartNGC 7576Lenticular18 million ly
apartNGC 7534Irregular19 million ly
apartNGC 7393Barred spiral20 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 7532Lenticular15 million ly
apartNGC 7530Lenticular17 million ly
apartNGC 7576Lenticular18 million ly
apartNGC 7534Irregular19 million ly
apartNGC 7393Barred spiral20 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).