NGC 7680
NGC 7680
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E-S0
239 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
116k ly
across
12.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 239 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 7680 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 7729Spiral18 million ly
apartNGC 7760Elliptical19 million ly
apartIC 5355Barred spiral21 million ly
apartNGC 7514Barred spiral21 million ly
apartNGC 7753Spiral21 million ly
apartNGC 7752Spiral22 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 7760Elliptical19 million ly
apartIC 5355Barred spiral21 million ly
apartNGC 7514Barred spiral21 million ly
apartNGC 7753Spiral21 million ly
apartNGC 7752Spiral22 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).