NGC 7587
NGC 7587
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBab
409 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
133k ly
across
12.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 409 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 7587 as it looked roughly 409 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 7528Galaxy7.5 million ly
apartNGC 7674Barred spiral19 million ly
apartNGC 7675Elliptical19 million ly
apartNGC 7601Spiral35 million ly
apartNGC 7639Elliptical36 million ly
apartNGC 7586Galaxy37 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 7674Barred spiral19 million ly
apartNGC 7675Elliptical19 million ly
apartNGC 7601Spiral35 million ly
apartNGC 7639Elliptical36 million ly
apartNGC 7586Galaxy37 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).