NGC 7672
NGC 7672
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sb
190 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
47k ly
across
14.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 190 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 7672 as it looked roughly 190 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 7659Lenticular7.9 million ly
apartNGC 7593Barred spiral8.5 million ly
apartNGC 7671Lenticular9.1 million ly
apartNGC 7643Spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 7711Lenticular12 million ly
apartNGC 7691Barred spiral12 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 7593Barred spiral8.5 million ly
apartNGC 7671Lenticular9.1 million ly
apartNGC 7643Spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 7711Lenticular12 million ly
apartNGC 7691Barred spiral12 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).