NGC 7696
NGC 7696
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
264 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
58k ly
across
14.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 264 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 7696 as it looked roughly 264 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 7705Lenticular1.9 million ly
apartNGC 7706Lenticular2.7 million ly
apartNGC 7704Elliptical5.2 million ly
apartNGC 7685Spiral6.0 million ly
apartIC 1507Lenticular25 million ly
apartNGC 7679Lenticular26 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 7706Lenticular2.7 million ly
apartNGC 7704Elliptical5.2 million ly
apartNGC 7685Spiral6.0 million ly
apartIC 1507Lenticular25 million ly
apartNGC 7679Lenticular26 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).