NGC 7588
NGC 7588
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
507 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
68k ly
across
15.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 507 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 7588 as it looked roughly 507 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 5312Barred spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 7571Lenticular17 million ly
apartIC 5314Elliptical18 million ly
apartNGC 7598Elliptical21 million ly
apartNGC 7475 NED02Galaxy32 million ly
apartIC 5300Lenticular39 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 7571Lenticular17 million ly
apartIC 5314Elliptical18 million ly
apartNGC 7598Elliptical21 million ly
apartNGC 7475 NED02Galaxy32 million ly
apartIC 5300Lenticular39 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).