NGC 7658B
NGC 7658B
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
501 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
146k ly
across
14.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 501 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 7658B as it looked roughly 501 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 7658ALenticular8.4 million ly
apartIC 5289 NED02Lenticular70 million ly
apartNGC 7382Spiral78 million ly
apartNGC 7764ASpiral80 million ly
apartNGC 7749Lenticular91 million ly
apartNGC 7297Barred spiral96 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 5289 NED02Lenticular70 million ly
apartNGC 7382Spiral78 million ly
apartNGC 7764ASpiral80 million ly
apartNGC 7749Lenticular91 million ly
apartNGC 7297Barred spiral96 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).