NGC 7580
NGC 7580
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sb
205 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
47k ly
across
13.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 205 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 7580 as it looked roughly 205 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 7563Spiral6.2 million ly
apartNGC 7515Barred spiral7.0 million ly
apartNGC 7559BElliptical7.9 million ly
apartNGC 7567Spiral8.1 million ly
apartNGC 7559ALenticular9.2 million ly
apartIC 5292Spiral9.6 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 7515Barred spiral7.0 million ly
apartNGC 7559BElliptical7.9 million ly
apartNGC 7567Spiral8.1 million ly
apartNGC 7559ALenticular9.2 million ly
apartIC 5292Spiral9.6 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).