NGC 7657
NGC 7657
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sd
149 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
63k ly
across
15.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 149 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 7657 as it looked roughly 149 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 7702Lenticular5.6 million ly
apartNGC 7650Barred spiral9.2 million ly
apartNGC 7676Elliptical10 million ly
apartNGC 7796Elliptical16 million ly
apartNGC 7417Barred spiral21 million ly
apartIC 5266Barred spiral21 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 7650Barred spiral9.2 million ly
apartNGC 7676Elliptical10 million ly
apartNGC 7796Elliptical16 million ly
apartNGC 7417Barred spiral21 million ly
apartIC 5266Barred spiral21 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).