NGC 7576
NGC 7576
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
166 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
48k ly
across
12.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 166 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 7576 as it looked roughly 166 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 7532Lenticular6.2 million ly
apartNGC 7530Lenticular6.2 million ly
apartNGC 7534Irregular7.1 million ly
apartNGC 7600Elliptical9.6 million ly
apartNGC 7585Lenticular10 million ly
apartIC 5278Spiral16 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 7530Lenticular6.2 million ly
apartNGC 7534Irregular7.1 million ly
apartNGC 7600Elliptical9.6 million ly
apartNGC 7585Lenticular10 million ly
apartIC 5278Spiral16 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).