NGC 7610
NGC 7610
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · SABc
166 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
105k ly
across
13.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 166 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 7610 as it looked roughly 166 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 7648Lenticular4.8 million ly
apartNGC 7608Barred spiral5.9 million ly
apartNGC 7623Lenticular8.1 million ly
apartNGC 7626Elliptical8.8 million ly
apartNGC 7562Elliptical11 million ly
apartNGC 7562ASpiral11 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 7608Barred spiral5.9 million ly
apartNGC 7623Lenticular8.1 million ly
apartNGC 7626Elliptical8.8 million ly
apartNGC 7562Elliptical11 million ly
apartNGC 7562ASpiral11 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).