NGC 7515
NGC 7515
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sbc
208 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
100k ly
across
12.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 208 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 7515 as it looked roughly 208 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 7559BElliptical5.6 million ly
apartNGC 7559ALenticular6.8 million ly
apartNGC 7580Barred spiral7.0 million ly
apartIC 5292Spiral7.2 million ly
apartNGC 7563Spiral8.8 million ly
apartNGC 7536Barred spiral11 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 7559ALenticular6.8 million ly
apartNGC 7580Barred spiral7.0 million ly
apartIC 5292Spiral7.2 million ly
apartNGC 7563Spiral8.8 million ly
apartNGC 7536Barred 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).