NGC 7646
NGC 7646
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBc
329 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
93k ly
across
14.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 329 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 7646 as it looked roughly 329 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 7596Lenticular31 million ly
apartIC 1495Barred spiral34 million ly
apartIC 1464BGalaxy35 million ly
apartIC 1464AGalaxy37 million ly
apartNGC 7761Lenticular40 million ly
apartNGC 7425Lenticular40 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 1495Barred spiral34 million ly
apartIC 1464BGalaxy35 million ly
apartIC 1464AGalaxy37 million ly
apartNGC 7761Lenticular40 million ly
apartNGC 7425Lenticular40 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).