NGC 7571
NGC 7571
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
524 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
183k ly
across
14.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 524 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 7571 as it looked roughly 524 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 7598Elliptical3.7 million ly
apartIC 5314Elliptical8.1 million ly
apartIC 5312Barred spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 7588Lenticular17 million ly
apartNGC 7602Lenticular25 million ly
apartIC 5300Lenticular27 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 5314Elliptical8.1 million ly
apartIC 5312Barred spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 7588Lenticular17 million ly
apartNGC 7602Lenticular25 million ly
apartIC 5300Lenticular27 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).