NGC 7583
NGC 7583
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
588 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
156k ly
across
14.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 588 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 7583 as it looked roughly 588 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 7501Elliptical19 million ly
apartNGC 7609 NED02Spiral22 million ly
apartNGC 7579Galaxy25 million ly
apartNGC 7584Galaxy26 million ly
apartIC 5291Galaxy28 million ly
apartIC 5307Galaxy31 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 7609 NED02Spiral22 million ly
apartNGC 7579Galaxy25 million ly
apartNGC 7584Galaxy26 million ly
apartIC 5291Galaxy28 million ly
apartIC 5307Galaxy31 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).