NGC 7694
NGC 7694
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Irregular
type · I
107 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
43k ly
across
13.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 107 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 7694 as it looked roughly 107 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 7695Spiral3.1 million ly
apartIC 5334Barred spiral4.2 million ly
apartNGC 7606Barred spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 7710Lenticular13 million ly
apartNGC 7693Lenticular14 million ly
apartNGC 7721Spiral14 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 5334Barred spiral4.2 million ly
apartNGC 7606Barred spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 7710Lenticular13 million ly
apartNGC 7693Lenticular14 million ly
apartNGC 7721Spiral14 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).