NGC 7524
NGC 7524
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
326 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
77k ly
across
15.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 326 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 7524 as it looked roughly 326 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 7521Lenticular4.2 million ly
apartNGC 7544Lenticular4.5 million ly
apartNGC 7517Elliptical13 million ly
apartNGC 7556Elliptical23 million ly
apartNGC 7592BBarred spiral23 million ly
apartNGC 7592AGalaxy25 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 7544Lenticular4.5 million ly
apartNGC 7517Elliptical13 million ly
apartNGC 7556Elliptical23 million ly
apartNGC 7592BBarred spiral23 million ly
apartNGC 7592AGalaxy25 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).