NGC 7559B
NGC 7559B
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E-S0
213 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
80k ly
across
14.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 213 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 7559B as it looked roughly 213 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 7559ALenticular1.5 million ly
apartIC 5292Spiral2.9 million ly
apartNGC 7515Barred spiral5.6 million ly
apartNGC 7536Barred spiral6.2 million ly
apartNGC 7580Barred spiral7.9 million ly
apartNGC 7570Spiral8.6 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 5292Spiral2.9 million ly
apartNGC 7515Barred spiral5.6 million ly
apartNGC 7536Barred spiral6.2 million ly
apartNGC 7580Barred spiral7.9 million ly
apartNGC 7570Spiral8.6 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).