NGC 7551
NGC 7551
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Galaxy
morphology
363 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
65k ly
across
15.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 363 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 7551 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 7540Lenticular1.2 million ly
apartIC 1472Lenticular14 million ly
apartNGC 7627Spiral28 million ly
apartNGC 7442Spiral31 million ly
apartNGC 7432Elliptical33 million ly
apartNGC 7639Elliptical34 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 1472Lenticular14 million ly
apartNGC 7627Spiral28 million ly
apartNGC 7442Spiral31 million ly
apartNGC 7432Elliptical33 million ly
apartNGC 7639Elliptical34 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).