NGC 7626
NGC 7626
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
159 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
116k ly
across
11.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 159 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 7626 as it looked roughly 159 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 7608Barred spiral4.2 million ly
apartNGC 7611Lenticular4.4 million ly
apartNGC 7648Lenticular5.7 million ly
apartNGC 7562ASpiral7.1 million ly
apartNGC 7610Spiral8.8 million ly
apartNGC 7612Lenticular9.3 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 7611Lenticular4.4 million ly
apartNGC 7648Lenticular5.7 million ly
apartNGC 7562ASpiral7.1 million ly
apartNGC 7610Spiral8.8 million ly
apartNGC 7612Lenticular9.3 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).