NGC 7489
NGC 7489
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sc
292 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
104k ly
across
14.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 292 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 7489 as it looked roughly 292 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 5285Lenticular4.1 million ly
apartNGC 7539Lenticular13 million ly
apartIC 5282Spiral18 million ly
apartNGC 7411Elliptical31 million ly
apartNGC 7409Lenticular32 million ly
apartIC 5329Spiral39 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 7539Lenticular13 million ly
apartIC 5282Spiral18 million ly
apartNGC 7411Elliptical31 million ly
apartNGC 7409Lenticular32 million ly
apartIC 5329Spiral39 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).