NGC 7549
NGC 7549
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sc
219 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
118k ly
across
14.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 219 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 7549 as it looked roughly 219 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 7516Lenticular15 million ly
apartNGC 7509Elliptical19 million ly
apartIC 5292Spiral21 million ly
apartNGC 7536Barred spiral21 million ly
apartNGC 7570Spiral21 million ly
apartNGC 7547Spiral22 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 7509Elliptical19 million ly
apartIC 5292Spiral21 million ly
apartNGC 7536Barred spiral21 million ly
apartNGC 7570Spiral21 million ly
apartNGC 7547Spiral22 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).