NGC 7534
NGC 7534
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Irregular
type · IB
163 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
47k ly
across
14.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 163 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 7534 as it looked roughly 163 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 7530Lenticular2.1 million ly
apartNGC 7532Lenticular3.5 million ly
apartNGC 7576Lenticular7.1 million ly
apartNGC 7585Lenticular8.8 million ly
apartNGC 7600Elliptical14 million ly
apartIC 5278Spiral18 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 7532Lenticular3.5 million ly
apartNGC 7576Lenticular7.1 million ly
apartNGC 7585Lenticular8.8 million ly
apartNGC 7600Elliptical14 million ly
apartIC 5278Spiral18 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).