NGC 7679
NGC 7679
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
239 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
86k ly
across
13.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 239 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 7679 as it looked roughly 239 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 7682Spiral910,000 ly
apartNGC 7684Lenticular15 million ly
apartNGC 7591Barred spiral18 million ly
apartIC 1507Lenticular21 million ly
apartNGC 7687Lenticular22 million ly
apartNGC 7685Spiral24 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 7684Lenticular15 million ly
apartNGC 7591Barred spiral18 million ly
apartIC 1507Lenticular21 million ly
apartNGC 7687Lenticular22 million ly
apartNGC 7685Spiral24 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).