NGC 7501
NGC 7501
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
588 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
174k ly
across
13.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 588 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 7501 as it looked roughly 588 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 7583Lenticular19 million ly
apartIC 5291Galaxy26 million ly
apartNGC 7503Elliptical28 million ly
apartNGC 7579Galaxy30 million ly
apartNGC 7459 NED01Elliptical30 million ly
apartNGC 7584Galaxy30 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 5291Galaxy26 million ly
apartNGC 7503Elliptical28 million ly
apartNGC 7579Galaxy30 million ly
apartNGC 7459 NED01Elliptical30 million ly
apartNGC 7584Galaxy30 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).