NGC 7656
NGC 7656
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
353 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
100k ly
across
14.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 353 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 7656 as it looked roughly 353 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 5310Lenticular22 million ly
apartNGC 7573Barred spiral30 million ly
apartIC 5345Spiral37 million ly
apartNGC 7759Lenticular39 million ly
apartIC 5343Spiral40 million ly
apartNGC 7754Spiral41 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 7573Barred spiral30 million ly
apartIC 5345Spiral37 million ly
apartNGC 7759Lenticular39 million ly
apartIC 5343Spiral40 million ly
apartNGC 7754Spiral41 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).