NGC 7692
NGC 7692
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Irregular
type · I
243 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
35k ly
across
14.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 243 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 7692 as it looked roughly 243 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
IC 1498Barred spiral2.8 million ly
apartIC 1501Spiral11 million ly
apartIC 1496Lenticular12 million ly
apartNGC 7701Lenticular12 million ly
apartIC 1492Lenticular12 million ly
apartNGC 7700Lenticular12 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 1501Spiral11 million ly
apartIC 1496Lenticular12 million ly
apartNGC 7701Lenticular12 million ly
apartIC 1492Lenticular12 million ly
apartNGC 7700Lenticular12 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).