NGC 7637
NGC 7637
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sc
174 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
105k ly
across
13.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 174 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 7637 as it looked roughly 174 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 643BLenticular32 million ly
apartNGC 6932Lenticular35 million ly
apartIC 5116Barred spiral37 million ly
apartIC 5014Galaxy38 million ly
apartIC 5008Barred spiral38 million ly
apartNGC 7123Spiral38 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 6932Lenticular35 million ly
apartIC 5116Barred spiral37 million ly
apartIC 5014Galaxy38 million ly
apartIC 5008Barred spiral38 million ly
apartNGC 7123Spiral38 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).