NGC 7633
NGC 7633
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
175 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
112k ly
across
12.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 175 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 7633 as it looked roughly 175 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 5320Lenticular6.4 million ly
apartIC 5335Lenticular6.7 million ly
apartNGC 7655Lenticular7.2 million ly
apartIC 5324Elliptical7.7 million ly
apartIC 5323Lenticular10 million ly
apartIC 5252Barred spiral11 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 5335Lenticular6.7 million ly
apartNGC 7655Lenticular7.2 million ly
apartIC 5324Elliptical7.7 million ly
apartIC 5323Lenticular10 million ly
apartIC 5252Barred spiral11 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).