NGC 7639
NGC 7639
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
375 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
81k ly
across
15.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 375 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 7639 as it looked roughly 375 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 7627Spiral9.6 million ly
apartNGC 7601Spiral16 million ly
apartNGC 7586Galaxy20 million ly
apartIC 5306Spiral24 million ly
apartNGC 7551Galaxy34 million ly
apartNGC 7540Lenticular35 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 7601Spiral16 million ly
apartNGC 7586Galaxy20 million ly
apartIC 5306Spiral24 million ly
apartNGC 7551Galaxy34 million ly
apartNGC 7540Lenticular35 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).