NGC 7521
NGC 7521
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
322 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
49k ly
across
14.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 322 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 7521 as it looked roughly 322 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 7524Lenticular4.2 million ly
apartNGC 7544Lenticular8.2 million ly
apartNGC 7517Elliptical17 million ly
apartNGC 7592BBarred spiral26 million ly
apartNGC 7556Elliptical27 million ly
apartNGC 7592AGalaxy28 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 7544Lenticular8.2 million ly
apartNGC 7517Elliptical17 million ly
apartNGC 7592BBarred spiral26 million ly
apartNGC 7556Elliptical27 million ly
apartNGC 7592AGalaxy28 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).