NGC 7544
NGC 7544
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
329 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
72k ly
across
15.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 329 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 7544 as it looked roughly 329 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 7524Lenticular4.5 million ly
apartNGC 7521Lenticular8.2 million ly
apartNGC 7517Elliptical9.7 million ly
apartNGC 7592BBarred spiral19 million ly
apartNGC 7556Elliptical19 million ly
apartNGC 7592AGalaxy20 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 7521Lenticular8.2 million ly
apartNGC 7517Elliptical9.7 million ly
apartNGC 7592BBarred spiral19 million ly
apartNGC 7556Elliptical19 million ly
apartNGC 7592AGalaxy20 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).