NGC 7617
NGC 7617
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
204 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
56k ly
across
13.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 204 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 7617 as it looked roughly 204 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 7615Barred spiral4.7 million ly
apartNGC 7529Barred spiral10 million ly
apartIC 5309Barred spiral10 million ly
apartNGC 7593Barred spiral17 million ly
apartNGC 7515Barred spiral18 million ly
apartNGC 7563Spiral18 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 7529Barred spiral10 million ly
apartIC 5309Barred spiral10 million ly
apartNGC 7593Barred spiral17 million ly
apartNGC 7515Barred spiral18 million ly
apartNGC 7563Spiral18 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).