NGC 7529
NGC 7529
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sbc
212 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
49k ly
across
14.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 212 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 7529 as it looked roughly 212 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 7615Barred spiral6.6 million ly
apartNGC 7617Lenticular10 million ly
apartNGC 7515Barred spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 7469Spiral14 million ly
apartIC 5283Spiral16 million ly
apartNGC 7559BElliptical16 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 7617Lenticular10 million ly
apartNGC 7515Barred spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 7469Spiral14 million ly
apartIC 5283Spiral16 million ly
apartNGC 7559BElliptical16 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).