NGC 7676
NGC 7676
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E-S0
157 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
95k ly
across
13.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 157 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 7676 as it looked roughly 157 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 7650Barred spiral5.5 million ly
apartNGC 7657Spiral10 million ly
apartNGC 7702Lenticular14 million ly
apartNGC 7796Elliptical16 million ly
apartNGC 7408Barred spiral17 million ly
apartIC 5272Spiral19 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 7657Spiral10 million ly
apartNGC 7702Lenticular14 million ly
apartNGC 7796Elliptical16 million ly
apartNGC 7408Barred spiral17 million ly
apartIC 5272Spiral19 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).