NGC 7599
NGC 7599
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBc
77 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
108k ly
across
11.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 77 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 7599 as it looked roughly 77 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 7552Spiral1.9 million ly
apartNGC 7590Barred spiral2.3 million ly
apartNGC 7496Barred spiral2.8 million ly
apartNGC 7531Spiral3.4 million ly
apartNGC 7496ABarred spiral3.6 million ly
apartNGC 7582Barred spiral3.6 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 7590Barred spiral2.3 million ly
apartNGC 7496Barred spiral2.8 million ly
apartNGC 7531Spiral3.4 million ly
apartNGC 7496ABarred spiral3.6 million ly
apartNGC 7582Barred spiral3.6 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).