NGC 7531
NGC 7531
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · SABb
74 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
89k ly
across
11.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 74 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 7531 as it looked roughly 74 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 7496ABarred spiral660,000 ly
apartNGC 7552Spiral1.7 million ly
apartNGC 7582Barred spiral2.0 million ly
apartNGC 7590Barred spiral2.1 million ly
apartNGC 7496Barred spiral2.8 million ly
apartNGC 7599Barred spiral3.4 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 7552Spiral1.7 million ly
apartNGC 7582Barred spiral2.0 million ly
apartNGC 7590Barred spiral2.1 million ly
apartNGC 7496Barred spiral2.8 million ly
apartNGC 7599Barred spiral3.4 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).