NGC 7693
NGC 7693
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
120 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
29k ly
across
14.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 120 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 7693 as it looked roughly 120 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 7710Lenticular3.6 million ly
apartNGC 7716Barred spiral4.1 million ly
apartNGC 7667Spiral8.5 million ly
apartNGC 7715Irregular11 million ly
apartNGC 7714Barred spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 7694Irregular14 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 7716Barred spiral4.1 million ly
apartNGC 7667Spiral8.5 million ly
apartNGC 7715Irregular11 million ly
apartNGC 7714Barred spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 7694Irregular14 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).