NGC 7653
NGC 7653
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sb
198 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
93k ly
across
12.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 198 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 7653 as it looked roughly 198 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 7567Spiral8.0 million ly
apartNGC 7580Barred spiral10 million ly
apartNGC 7563Spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 7691Barred spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 7711Lenticular13 million ly
apartNGC 7672Barred spiral13 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 7580Barred spiral10 million ly
apartNGC 7563Spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 7691Barred spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 7711Lenticular13 million ly
apartNGC 7672Barred spiral13 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).