NGC 7600
NGC 7600
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E-S0
161 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
98k ly
across
11.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 161 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 7600 as it looked roughly 161 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 7585Lenticular9.5 million ly
apartNGC 7576Lenticular9.6 million ly
apartIC 5278Spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 7534Irregular14 million ly
apartNGC 7530Lenticular15 million ly
apartNGC 7532Lenticular15 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 7576Lenticular9.6 million ly
apartIC 5278Spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 7534Irregular14 million ly
apartNGC 7530Lenticular15 million ly
apartNGC 7532Lenticular15 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).