NGC 7601
NGC 7601
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · SABb
374 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
110k ly
across
14.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 374 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 7601 as it looked roughly 374 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 7586Galaxy4.7 million ly
apartNGC 7639Elliptical16 million ly
apartNGC 7627Spiral20 million ly
apartIC 5306Spiral21 million ly
apartNGC 7455Galaxy35 million ly
apartNGC 7587Barred spiral35 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 7639Elliptical16 million ly
apartNGC 7627Spiral20 million ly
apartIC 5306Spiral21 million ly
apartNGC 7455Galaxy35 million ly
apartNGC 7587Barred spiral35 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).