NGC 7792
NGC 7792
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
613 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
137k ly
across
14.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 613 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 7792 as it looked roughly 613 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 1518Lenticular88 million ly
apartIC 1488Spiral90 million ly
apartIC 5381Spiral91 million ly
apartNGC 7651 NED01Elliptical91 million ly
apartNGC 7649Elliptical92 million ly
apartNGC 7647Elliptical93 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 1488Spiral90 million ly
apartIC 5381Spiral91 million ly
apartNGC 7651 NED01Elliptical91 million ly
apartNGC 7649Elliptical92 million ly
apartNGC 7647Elliptical93 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).