NGC 7566
NGC 7566
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBa
376 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
173k ly
across
14.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 376 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 7566 as it looked roughly 376 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 7546Spiral8.8 million ly
apartNGC 7533Lenticular13 million ly
apartNGC 7556Elliptical27 million ly
apartNGC 7434Elliptical31 million ly
apartNGC 7592AGalaxy35 million ly
apartNGC 7592BBarred spiral36 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 7533Lenticular13 million ly
apartNGC 7556Elliptical27 million ly
apartNGC 7434Elliptical31 million ly
apartNGC 7592AGalaxy35 million ly
apartNGC 7592BBarred spiral36 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).