NGC 7695
NGC 7695
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · S?
104 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
17k ly
across
15.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 104 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 7695 as it looked roughly 104 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 7694Irregular3.1 million ly
apartIC 5334Barred spiral3.4 million ly
apartNGC 7721Spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 7606Barred spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 7710Lenticular16 million ly
apartNGC 7693Lenticular17 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 5334Barred spiral3.4 million ly
apartNGC 7721Spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 7606Barred spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 7710Lenticular16 million ly
apartNGC 7693Lenticular17 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).