NGC 7509
NGC 7509
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
227 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
87k ly
across
16.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 227 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 7509 as it looked roughly 227 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 7511Barred spiral4.2 million ly
apartNGC 7535Spiral4.5 million ly
apartNGC 7570Spiral8.0 million ly
apartNGC 7536Barred spiral9.2 million ly
apartNGC 7495Spiral11 million ly
apartIC 5292Spiral13 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 7535Spiral4.5 million ly
apartNGC 7570Spiral8.0 million ly
apartNGC 7536Barred spiral9.2 million ly
apartNGC 7495Spiral11 million ly
apartIC 5292Spiral13 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).