NGC 7575
NGC 7575
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
468 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
105k ly
across
14.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 468 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 7575 as it looked roughly 468 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 1500Lenticular34 million ly
apartIC 5305Spiral43 million ly
apartIC 5287Barred spiral45 million ly
apartNGC 7603Barred spiral46 million ly
apartNGC 7427Galaxy49 million ly
apartNGC 7519Barred spiral51 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 5305Spiral43 million ly
apartIC 5287Barred spiral45 million ly
apartNGC 7603Barred spiral46 million ly
apartNGC 7427Galaxy49 million ly
apartNGC 7519Barred spiral51 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).