NGC 7697
NGC 7697
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sb
94 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
46k ly
across
14.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 94 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 7697 as it looked roughly 94 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 7661Barred spiral1.7 million ly
apartIC 1532Barred spiral11 million ly
apartIC 5176Barred spiral18 million ly
apartNGC 7689Spiral18 million ly
apartIC 5249Barred spiral19 million ly
apartNGC 360Barred spiral21 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 1532Barred spiral11 million ly
apartIC 5176Barred spiral18 million ly
apartNGC 7689Spiral18 million ly
apartIC 5249Barred spiral19 million ly
apartNGC 360Barred spiral21 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).