NGC 7648
NGC 7648
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
162 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
74k ly
across
12.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 162 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 7648 as it looked roughly 162 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 7610Spiral4.8 million ly
apartNGC 7608Barred spiral5.0 million ly
apartNGC 7626Elliptical5.7 million ly
apartNGC 7611Lenticular9.3 million ly
apartNGC 7562ASpiral10 million ly
apartNGC 7623Lenticular10 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 7608Barred spiral5.0 million ly
apartNGC 7626Elliptical5.7 million ly
apartNGC 7611Lenticular9.3 million ly
apartNGC 7562ASpiral10 million ly
apartNGC 7623Lenticular10 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).