NGC 7663
NGC 7663
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Irregular
type · I
267 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
30k ly
across
17.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 267 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 7663 as it looked roughly 267 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 7699Spiral18 million ly
apartNGC 7725Lenticular20 million ly
apartIC 1492Lenticular23 million ly
apartIC 1498Barred spiral24 million ly
apartNGC 7692Irregular25 million ly
apartIC 1501Spiral28 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 7725Lenticular20 million ly
apartIC 1492Lenticular23 million ly
apartIC 1498Barred spiral24 million ly
apartNGC 7692Irregular25 million ly
apartIC 1501Spiral28 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).