NGC 7608
NGC 7608
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sbc
163 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
68k ly
across
14.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 163 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 7608 as it looked roughly 163 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 7626Elliptical4.2 million ly
apartNGC 7648Lenticular5.0 million ly
apartNGC 7562ASpiral5.4 million ly
apartNGC 7610Spiral5.9 million ly
apartNGC 7562Elliptical6.8 million ly
apartNGC 7518Spiral7.4 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 7648Lenticular5.0 million ly
apartNGC 7562ASpiral5.4 million ly
apartNGC 7610Spiral5.9 million ly
apartNGC 7562Elliptical6.8 million ly
apartNGC 7518Spiral7.4 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).