NGC 7556
NGC 7556
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E-S0
349 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
218k ly
across
16.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 349 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 7556 as it looked roughly 349 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 7517Elliptical11 million ly
apartNGC 7592AGalaxy14 million ly
apartNGC 7592BBarred spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 7533Lenticular15 million ly
apartNGC 7544Lenticular19 million ly
apartNGC 7524Lenticular23 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 7592AGalaxy14 million ly
apartNGC 7592BBarred spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 7533Lenticular15 million ly
apartNGC 7544Lenticular19 million ly
apartNGC 7524Lenticular23 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).