NGC 7837
NGC 7837
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sb
507 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
99k ly
across
16.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 507 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 7837 as it looked roughly 507 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 7838Lenticular33 million ly
apartIC 1518Lenticular52 million ly
apartNGC 7835Barred spiral56 million ly
apartIC 1549Lenticular70 million ly
apartIC 5381Spiral71 million ly
apartNGC 141Lenticular76 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 1518Lenticular52 million ly
apartNGC 7835Barred spiral56 million ly
apartIC 1549Lenticular70 million ly
apartIC 5381Spiral71 million ly
apartNGC 141Lenticular76 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).