NGC 7508
NGC 7508
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sa
579 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
136k ly
across
15.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 579 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 7508 as it looked roughly 579 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 7525 NED02Galaxy14 million ly
apartNGC 7525 NED01Elliptical26 million ly
apartNGC 7523Barred spiral26 million ly
apartNGC 7630Barred spiral28 million ly
apartNGC 7542Lenticular29 million ly
apartIC 5307Galaxy32 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 7525 NED01Elliptical26 million ly
apartNGC 7523Barred spiral26 million ly
apartNGC 7630Barred spiral28 million ly
apartNGC 7542Lenticular29 million ly
apartIC 5307Galaxy32 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).