NGC 7547
NGC 7547
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sa
241 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
74k ly
across
14.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 241 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 7547 as it looked roughly 241 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 7550Elliptical430,000 ly
apartNGC 7553Elliptical2.0 million ly
apartNGC 7516Lenticular9.7 million ly
apartNGC 7549Spiral22 million ly
apartNGC 7509Elliptical23 million ly
apartNGC 7511Barred spiral25 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 7553Elliptical2.0 million ly
apartNGC 7516Lenticular9.7 million ly
apartNGC 7549Spiral22 million ly
apartNGC 7509Elliptical23 million ly
apartNGC 7511Barred spiral25 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).