NGC 7548
NGC 7548
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
371 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
114k ly
across
14.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 371 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 7548 as it looked roughly 371 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 5293Galaxy1.8 million ly
apartNGC 7527Elliptical3.7 million ly
apartIC 5296Barred spiral6.4 million ly
apartIC 5295Spiral7.9 million ly
apartIC 5297Galaxy8.3 million ly
apartIC 5298Barred spiral12 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 7527Elliptical3.7 million ly
apartIC 5296Barred spiral6.4 million ly
apartIC 5295Spiral7.9 million ly
apartIC 5297Galaxy8.3 million ly
apartIC 5298Barred spiral12 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).