NGC 7645
NGC 7645
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBc
326 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
150k ly
across
13.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 326 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 7645 as it looked roughly 326 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 7636Lenticular5.5 million ly
apartIC 5326Barred spiral18 million ly
apartIC 5290Spiral49 million ly
apartNGC 7498Spiral52 million ly
apartIC 5349 NED01Lenticular52 million ly
apartNGC 7812Spiral54 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 5326Barred spiral18 million ly
apartIC 5290Spiral49 million ly
apartNGC 7498Spiral52 million ly
apartIC 5349 NED01Lenticular52 million ly
apartNGC 7812Spiral54 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).