NGC 7687
NGC 7687
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
217 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
69k ly
across
14.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 217 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 7687 as it looked roughly 217 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 7682Spiral22 million ly
apartNGC 7679Lenticular22 million ly
apartNGC 7615Barred spiral22 million ly
apartNGC 7591Barred spiral23 million ly
apartNGC 7617Lenticular24 million ly
apartNGC 7480Lenticular25 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 7679Lenticular22 million ly
apartNGC 7615Barred spiral22 million ly
apartNGC 7591Barred spiral23 million ly
apartNGC 7617Lenticular24 million ly
apartNGC 7480Lenticular25 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).