NGC 7586
NGC 7586
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Galaxy
morphology
372 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
68k ly
across
17.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 372 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 7586 as it looked roughly 372 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 7601Spiral4.7 million ly
apartNGC 7639Elliptical20 million ly
apartIC 5306Spiral21 million ly
apartNGC 7627Spiral23 million ly
apartNGC 7455Galaxy32 million ly
apartNGC 7587Barred spiral37 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 7639Elliptical20 million ly
apartIC 5306Spiral21 million ly
apartNGC 7627Spiral23 million ly
apartNGC 7455Galaxy32 million ly
apartNGC 7587Barred spiral37 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).