NGC 7650
NGC 7650
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBc
158 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
66k ly
across
12.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 158 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 7650 as it looked roughly 158 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 7676Elliptical5.5 million ly
apartNGC 7657Spiral9.2 million ly
apartNGC 7702Lenticular12 million ly
apartNGC 7796Elliptical14 million ly
apartNGC 7408Barred spiral20 million ly
apartIC 5272Spiral23 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 7657Spiral9.2 million ly
apartNGC 7702Lenticular12 million ly
apartNGC 7796Elliptical14 million ly
apartNGC 7408Barred spiral20 million ly
apartIC 5272Spiral23 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).