NGC 7628
NGC 7628
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
195 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
77k ly
across
13.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 195 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 7628 as it looked roughly 195 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 7624Spiral6.3 million ly
apartIC 5315Elliptical12 million ly
apartIC 5284Spiral28 million ly
apartNGC 7769Barred spiral31 million ly
apartNGC 7677Spiral31 million ly
apartNGC 7786Elliptical32 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 5315Elliptical12 million ly
apartIC 5284Spiral28 million ly
apartNGC 7769Barred spiral31 million ly
apartNGC 7677Spiral31 million ly
apartNGC 7786Elliptical32 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).