NGC 7570
NGC 7570
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sa
221 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
102k ly
across
13.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 221 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 7570 as it looked roughly 221 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 7536Barred spiral3.5 million ly
apartNGC 7535Spiral6.6 million ly
apartNGC 7559ALenticular7.2 million ly
apartIC 5292Spiral7.5 million ly
apartNGC 7509Elliptical8.0 million ly
apartNGC 7559BElliptical8.6 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 7535Spiral6.6 million ly
apartNGC 7559ALenticular7.2 million ly
apartIC 5292Spiral7.5 million ly
apartNGC 7509Elliptical8.0 million ly
apartNGC 7559BElliptical8.6 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).