NGC 7532
NGC 7532
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
166 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
64k ly
across
14.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 166 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 7532 as it looked roughly 166 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 7530Lenticular1.4 million ly
apartNGC 7534Irregular3.5 million ly
apartNGC 7576Lenticular6.2 million ly
apartNGC 7585Lenticular12 million ly
apartNGC 7600Elliptical15 million ly
apartNGC 7506Lenticular15 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 7534Irregular3.5 million ly
apartNGC 7576Lenticular6.2 million ly
apartNGC 7585Lenticular12 million ly
apartNGC 7600Elliptical15 million ly
apartNGC 7506Lenticular15 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).