NGC 7658A
NGC 7658A
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
509 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
99k ly
across
15.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 509 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 7658A as it looked roughly 509 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 7658BLenticular8.4 million ly
apartIC 5289 NED02Lenticular68 million ly
apartNGC 7382Spiral75 million ly
apartNGC 7764ASpiral88 million ly
apartNGC 7749Lenticular93 million ly
apartNGC 7322Lenticular94 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 5289 NED02Lenticular68 million ly
apartNGC 7382Spiral75 million ly
apartNGC 7764ASpiral88 million ly
apartNGC 7749Lenticular93 million ly
apartNGC 7322Lenticular94 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).