NGC 7584
NGC 7584
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Galaxy
morphology
602 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
149k ly
across
15.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 602 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 7584 as it looked roughly 602 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 7609 NED02Spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 7583Lenticular26 million ly
apartIC 5307Galaxy26 million ly
apartNGC 7579Galaxy28 million ly
apartNGC 7630Barred spiral30 million ly
apartNGC 7501Elliptical30 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 7583Lenticular26 million ly
apartIC 5307Galaxy26 million ly
apartNGC 7579Galaxy28 million ly
apartNGC 7630Barred spiral30 million ly
apartNGC 7501Elliptical30 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).