NGC 7553
NGC 7553
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
243 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
49k ly
across
15.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 243 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 7553 as it looked roughly 243 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 7550Elliptical1.6 million ly
apartNGC 7547Spiral2.0 million ly
apartNGC 7516Lenticular11 million ly
apartNGC 7549Spiral24 million ly
apartNGC 7509Elliptical25 million ly
apartNGC 7511Barred spiral26 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 7547Spiral2.0 million ly
apartNGC 7516Lenticular11 million ly
apartNGC 7549Spiral24 million ly
apartNGC 7509Elliptical25 million ly
apartNGC 7511Barred spiral26 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).