NGC 7621
NGC 7621
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Galaxy
morphology
180 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
36k ly
across
15.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 180 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 7621 as it looked roughly 180 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 7631Barred spiral5.0 million ly
apartNGC 7619Elliptical5.2 million ly
apartNGC 7623Lenticular8.1 million ly
apartNGC 7557Lenticular9.2 million ly
apartNGC 7643Spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 7683Lenticular13 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 7619Elliptical5.2 million ly
apartNGC 7623Lenticular8.1 million ly
apartNGC 7557Lenticular9.2 million ly
apartNGC 7643Spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 7683Lenticular13 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).