NGC 7612
NGC 7612
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
150 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
71k ly
across
12.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 150 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 7612 as it looked roughly 150 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 7634Lenticular1.6 million ly
apartNGC 7611Lenticular5.1 million ly
apartNGC 7626Elliptical9.3 million ly
apartNGC 7648Lenticular13 million ly
apartNGC 7608Barred spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 7562ASpiral15 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 7611Lenticular5.1 million ly
apartNGC 7626Elliptical9.3 million ly
apartNGC 7648Lenticular13 million ly
apartNGC 7608Barred spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 7562ASpiral15 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).