NGC 7615
NGC 7615
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sb
208 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
50k ly
across
14.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 208 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 7615 as it looked roughly 208 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 7617Lenticular4.7 million ly
apartNGC 7529Barred spiral6.6 million ly
apartIC 5309Barred spiral15 million ly
apartNGC 7515Barred spiral17 million ly
apartNGC 7559BElliptical19 million ly
apartNGC 7563Spiral19 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 7529Barred spiral6.6 million ly
apartIC 5309Barred spiral15 million ly
apartNGC 7515Barred spiral17 million ly
apartNGC 7559BElliptical19 million ly
apartNGC 7563Spiral19 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).