NGC 7683
NGC 7683
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
173 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
99k ly
across
12.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 173 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 7683 as it looked roughly 173 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 7643Spiral8.0 million ly
apartNGC 7671Lenticular8.6 million ly
apartNGC 7610Spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 7623Lenticular11 million ly
apartNGC 7631Barred spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 7648Lenticular13 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 7671Lenticular8.6 million ly
apartNGC 7610Spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 7623Lenticular11 million ly
apartNGC 7631Barred spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 7648Lenticular13 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).