NGC 7671
NGC 7671
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
181 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
73k ly
across
12.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 181 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 7671 as it looked roughly 181 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 7643Spiral4.1 million ly
apartNGC 7659Lenticular7.0 million ly
apartNGC 7683Lenticular8.6 million ly
apartNGC 7672Barred spiral9.1 million ly
apartNGC 7593Barred spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 7691Barred spiral13 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 7659Lenticular7.0 million ly
apartNGC 7683Lenticular8.6 million ly
apartNGC 7672Barred spiral9.1 million ly
apartNGC 7593Barred spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 7691Barred spiral13 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).