NGC 7512
NGC 7512
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
327 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
181k ly
across
14.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 327 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 7512 as it looked roughly 327 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 1476Lenticular4.5 million ly
apartNGC 7473Lenticular12 million ly
apartNGC 7543Barred spiral16 million ly
apartNGC 7435Barred spiral35 million ly
apartNGC 7466Barred spiral37 million ly
apartNGC 7436BElliptical38 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 7473Lenticular12 million ly
apartNGC 7543Barred spiral16 million ly
apartNGC 7435Barred spiral35 million ly
apartNGC 7466Barred spiral37 million ly
apartNGC 7436BElliptical38 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).