NGC 7437
NGC 7437
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · SABc
99 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
49k ly
across
13.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 99 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 7437 as it looked roughly 99 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 7448Spiral4.4 million ly
apartNGC 7468Elliptical4.6 million ly
apartNGC 7465Lenticular5.2 million ly
apartNGC 7464Elliptical5.7 million ly
apartNGC 7454Elliptical6.8 million ly
apartNGC 7347Barred spiral11 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 7468Elliptical4.6 million ly
apartNGC 7465Lenticular5.2 million ly
apartNGC 7464Elliptical5.7 million ly
apartNGC 7454Elliptical6.8 million ly
apartNGC 7347Barred spiral11 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).