NGC 7659
NGC 7659
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
185 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
53k ly
across
14.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 185 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 7659 as it looked roughly 185 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 7671Lenticular7.0 million ly
apartNGC 7691Barred spiral7.9 million ly
apartNGC 7672Barred spiral7.9 million ly
apartNGC 7703Lenticular9.2 million ly
apartNGC 7643Spiral9.4 million ly
apartNGC 7711Lenticular9.4 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 7691Barred spiral7.9 million ly
apartNGC 7672Barred spiral7.9 million ly
apartNGC 7703Lenticular9.2 million ly
apartNGC 7643Spiral9.4 million ly
apartNGC 7711Lenticular9.4 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).