NGC 7537
NGC 7537
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sbc
135 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
72k ly
across
13.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 135 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 7537 as it looked roughly 135 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 7541Barred spiral2.3 million ly
apartNGC 7714Barred spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 7667Spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 7715Irregular15 million ly
apartNGC 7731Barred spiral18 million ly
apartNGC 7612Lenticular18 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 7714Barred spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 7667Spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 7715Irregular15 million ly
apartNGC 7731Barred spiral18 million ly
apartNGC 7612Lenticular18 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).