NGC 7559A
NGC 7559A
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
214 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
37k ly
across
16.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 214 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 7559A as it looked roughly 214 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 7559BElliptical1.5 million ly
apartIC 5292Spiral2.3 million ly
apartNGC 7536Barred spiral4.8 million ly
apartNGC 7515Barred spiral6.8 million ly
apartNGC 7570Spiral7.2 million ly
apartNGC 7580Barred spiral9.2 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 5292Spiral2.3 million ly
apartNGC 7536Barred spiral4.8 million ly
apartNGC 7515Barred spiral6.8 million ly
apartNGC 7570Spiral7.2 million ly
apartNGC 7580Barred spiral9.2 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).