NGC 7533
NGC 7533
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
363 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
70k ly
across
15.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 363 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 7533 as it looked roughly 363 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 7566Barred spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 7556Elliptical15 million ly
apartNGC 7546Spiral21 million ly
apartNGC 7517Elliptical25 million ly
apartNGC 7592AGalaxy25 million ly
apartNGC 7592BBarred spiral27 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 7556Elliptical15 million ly
apartNGC 7546Spiral21 million ly
apartNGC 7517Elliptical25 million ly
apartNGC 7592AGalaxy25 million ly
apartNGC 7592BBarred spiral27 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).