NGC 7550
NGC 7550
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E-S0
242 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
102k ly
across
13.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 242 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 7550 as it looked roughly 242 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 7547Spiral430,000 ly
apartNGC 7553Elliptical1.6 million ly
apartNGC 7516Lenticular10 million ly
apartNGC 7549Spiral22 million ly
apartNGC 7509Elliptical23 million ly
apartNGC 7511Barred spiral25 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 7553Elliptical1.6 million ly
apartNGC 7516Lenticular10 million ly
apartNGC 7549Spiral22 million ly
apartNGC 7509Elliptical23 million ly
apartNGC 7511Barred spiral25 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).