NGC 7689
NGC 7689
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · SABc
92 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
83k ly
across
10.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 92 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 7689 as it looked roughly 92 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 7697Barred spiral18 million ly
apartNGC 7661Barred spiral19 million ly
apartIC 1532Barred spiral19 million ly
apartIC 5240Barred spiral21 million ly
apartIC 5224Spiral21 million ly
apartIC 5267Lenticular22 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 7661Barred spiral19 million ly
apartIC 1532Barred spiral19 million ly
apartIC 5240Barred spiral21 million ly
apartIC 5224Spiral21 million ly
apartIC 5267Lenticular22 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).