NGC 7629
NGC 7629
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
425 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
116k ly
across
14.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 425 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 7629 as it looked roughly 425 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 7642Spiral8.3 million ly
apartIC 1482Elliptical11 million ly
apartNGC 7589Spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 7603Barred spiral31 million ly
apartIC 5287Barred spiral36 million ly
apartIC 1466Spiral48 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 1482Elliptical11 million ly
apartNGC 7589Spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 7603Barred spiral31 million ly
apartIC 5287Barred spiral36 million ly
apartIC 1466Spiral48 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).